EBB 30 - Fetal Monitoring

Evidence Based Birth® - A podcast by Rebecca Dekker, PhD, RN - Wednesdays

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Did you know there are different ways to monitor the baby's heartbeat during labor and birth? Continuous electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) is common but not without its drawbacks. We discuss the pros and cons of EFM and its alternative, hands-on listening with a fetal Doppler or fetal stethoscope.