The story behind our paper
Today’s post shares the back story behind our paper. #CTG #EFM #PerinatalMortality #CP
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Cardiotocograph monitoring
Is computerised interpretation of the CTG a cost-effective option?
Computerised interpretation of the #CTG with #INFANT doesn’t save healthcare costs. It is time to abandon it.
Listening to the fetus: the history of fetal heart rate monitoring
The history of maternity care is essentially the story of men trying to make sense of women as a mysterious “other” to men. This is true of the history of fetal heart rate monitoring too.
What is CTG monitoring?
Today’s post takes up back to the basics and discusses what CTG monitoring is (and isn’t).
Overdiagnosis and CTG monitoring
Unlike Dr Who, we can’t drop into our future timeline to see what the consequences of our current decisions are. If we could, would we make different choices?
On Doctor Who and changing the future
I quite like Doctor Who. One of the common threads in the show involves the Doctor warning their companions that it is important not to meddle with the past in a way that might alter the future. Of course, what inevitably happens is that the Doctor and companions end up being compelled take action in order to ensure that everyone arrives at the end of the episode happy and healthy, […]
Risks of CTG monitoring: Part 3
Does CTG monitoring generate more harm than benefit for babies? Here’s the evidence….
Risks of CTG monitoring: Part 2
What are women’s experiences with intrapartum CTG monitoring? Sadly, we don’t actually know….
Oxygen and fetal heart rate abnormalities
Don’t assume that because something is standard practice in your part of the world that it is based in sound evidence.
Risks of CTG monitoring: Part 1
It’s just a CTG – it can’t hurt to do one. Or can it? This week’s post explored the risks of CTG use.
Birth Small Talk 