Polar Heart Rate Monitors
Fetal heart monitoring lets the health care provider monitor the baby's heartbeat in the uterus, including during labor. The procedure can be done with monitors outside the body (external monitoring) or in the uterus (internal monitoring).
Alternative Names
Nonstress test; Contraction stress test; Scalp monitoring
How the test is performed
EXTERNAL FETAL MONITORING
By definition, external fetal monitoring is done through the skin and is not meant to be
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