“Fetal Distress”: An Epic Tale
Is it time to rethink the concept of “fetal distress”?
History
The invention of the CTG machine: the history of fetal heart rate monitoring
Faith in technology, commercial interests, and liberalisation of tort law had more to do with the introduction of CTG monitoring than research evidence did.
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.
