A recent Australian study investigated women’s experiences with various fetal monitoring methods during labor, finding that wired CTG was predominant. First-time mothers reported more CTG use, which correlated with higher emergency cesarean rates and epidural use. Many women felt monitoring negatively impacted their experiences, highlighting a need for improved woman-centered maternity care practices.
The journal Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology published two papers back to back recently. Both are from the same research team based in the Netherlands, and both examined the relationship between use of epidural pain relief during labour and the use of unplanned, in labour, caesarean section or instrumental birth for “presumed fetal compromise”. The research differed in the approach used. Together, the papers raise concern that epidural use might […]
I was all set to have a few weeks away from blog writing, when this Facebook post appeared over the weekend. I feel compelled to set out some actual facts about telemetry CTG monitoring to counter the claims made in this request for donations. Then I’m going to take a few weeks off! What is telemetry CTG monitoring? Standard CTG technology uses wires to connect the sensors on the woman’s […]
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