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Electronic fetal monitoring could be more accurate / use wireless sensors / be easier for mothers to use / internal

By Hicbd
Tue Oct 3 2023 1:21 pm

"Laboring mothers have been wearing the same cumbersome, polyester fetal-monitoring belt for decades. Not only can these belts slip out of place, requiring constant adjustment, they — along with the array of other wires taped to the mother for monitoring — tether the mother to the bed, limiting her ability to walk around or move freely in ways that are more comfortable...So far, study results indicate that the wireless sensors outperform current technology in precision and accuracy."

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https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2021/05/10/scientists-develop-first-wireless-sensors-to-monitor-pregnant-women-and-their-babies/
https://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy/your-body/fetal-monitoring_1451559
https://evidencebasedbirth.com/fetal-monitoring/

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