A nurse is caring for a client who is in active labor and notes the FHR baseline has been 100/min for the past 15 min. The nurse should identify which of the following conditions as a possible cause of fetal bradycardia?

Maternal hypoglycemia decreases fetal glucose supply, reducing fetal metabolic activity and causing fetal bradycardia (FHR below 110/min for more than 10 minutes). Chorioamnionitis and maternal fever cause fetal tachycardia (not bradycardia) because infection increases metabolic demand. Fetal anemia also causes fetal tachycardia as the fetal heart compensates for reduced oxygen-carrying capacity.