Monitoring your baby’s heart rate in labour This article has been written to explain how your midwife and doctor observe and record your baby’s heart rate during labour, so they can monitor your baby’s health and wellbeing. During your pregnancy, the midwives and doctors will regularly listen into your baby’s heartbeat. They do this [...]
Why did my baby’s heart rate have to be recorded during labour? The midwives and doctors will always recommend that your baby’s heart rate is listened to during your labour and birth. If your baby is not coping with labour and is becoming distressed, a change in the pattern of their heart rate is [...]
Why did my baby have a clip attached to their head? Sometimes it is difficult to hear the baby’s heart rate abdominally (through the tummy). This may be due to the position the baby is lying in, or where women have excess tummy fat. Where the midwives and doctors need to be able to monitor [...]
