When the lawyers change their minds, everything changes
Could there be a big change coming? What would happen if CTGs were no longer accepted as legal evidence?
Assessing the safety of hospital birth
Asking whether hospital birth is safe is very different to asking whether home birth is safe. What does the latest Cochrane review say?
Cool new technology
It’s tiny, it’s cool, and it does something that #CTG sensors can’t do. What is it?
CTG monitoring is NOT mandatory: A request to writers
This is my regular reminder that CTG monitoring is a choice. Write like you believe this is true.
Do bigger women benefit from intrapartum CTG monitoring?
CTG monitoring is often recommended for women with higher BMI. What does the evidence say?
Why does heightened awareness of reduced fetal movements not prevent perinatal death?
It seems logical that it should work, but focussing on fetal movement hasn’t improved outcomes. And I think I know why… #CTG #Ultrasound #IOL #Birth #Maternity #Midwifery #Obstetrics
Computer analysis of the CTG – is it working?
Where are we up to with computer interpretation of the CTG? #CTG #EFM #FetalMonitoring #Maternity #Midwifery #Birth #Obstetrics
Up is good, down is not
New evidence about the relationship between decelerations, accelerations, and hypoxic brain injury.
Prolonged pregnancy and counting kicks
In pregnancies progressing beyond 41 weeks (prolonged pregnancy), women and their care providers often seek reassurance of fetal wellbeing to support continuing pregnancy. CTG monitoring is often advised, though there has never been a randomised controlled trial designed specifically to answer this question. Some of the women included in antenatal CTG trials summarised in the Cochrane review had prolonged pregnancies but they were mixed in with other women with different […]
Birth Small Talk 