Let’s just pop you on a trace. A reflection on language.
Is it OK to manipulate the information we share with birthing women about fetal monitoring so they do what we want?
Archive for February 2024
Loud CTGs – turn it off!
Sometimes I spot a new research paper and I ended up thinking – well that was something I never really thought about before! That was what happened when this one came my way. I’m pleased someone thought to do this research and I hope maternity professionals can adopt their practice with these findings in mind. How was it done? The paper has the slightly confusing title of “The effect of […]
Book news!
Back in 2022 I wrote a book. Or at least, I wrote the first draft of what I plan will become a book. It doesn’t have a proper name yet – it is saved as simply “The CTG Book” on my hard drive. It has sat there, looking a bit sad, ever since I got to the end of the final chapter. It ended up in the “too hard” basket […]
What stops professionals from using intermittent auscultation?
I wrote this post back in February 2020 when this research was new. It’s a paper I often reference and use in my presentations. I’ve refreshed the post and am sharing it again because I think it contains valuable information. Research published this week by Chuey, De Vries, Dal Cin, and Low (2020) explored facilitators and barriers to the use of intermittent auscultation (IA) rather than CTG monitoring during labour. […]
Birth Small Talk 