Fetal Monitoring: informed decisions for your birth
Nonsense-free information to support your decisions
Want to be confident you are making safe choices about fetal monitoring for your birth? Tired of being told you don't have a choice? Don't trust what you have heard about the risks and benefits of fetal monitoring?
You have come to the right place!
Your birth is important and you want to get it right
The secret to a great birth is making great decisions. Where you will give birth, who your care provider will be, and what care you want are all big decisions. Imagine what it would feel like to have complete confidence you had made great decisions.
One of the big decisions is about what you will do to make sure your baby's welfare is a priority during labour. The common options are CTG monitoring (also known as electronic fetal monitoring or EFM) or intermittent auscultation. How do you decide which one is best for your unique circumstances?
Great decisions need great information
Each approach to fetal monitoring has benefits and potential downsides. You can be confident you have made the right decision when you know:
- You have choices
- What the options are
- The benefits and downsides of each option
- How to communicate your decision clearly
Introducing
Fetal monitoring: Informed decisions for your birth
The course designed for pregnant women
Make confident fetal monitoring decisions and get the birth you want without
needing to become a research expert first!
No nonsense, just facts
Learn what research ACTUALLY says. A list of all the research used in the lessons is provided as a download so you can fact check it all yourself.
Expert teacher
Learn from an experienced educator with a background in obstetrics, who has done fetal monitoring research.
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Take A Peek Inside
Here is some of what you will find inside Fetal monitoring: Informed Decisions for your birth...
☑️ Not sure what your options are? All the common approaches to fetal heart rate monitoring, including intermittent auscultation, external CTG monitoring, telemetry (wireless) monitoring, fetal spiral electrodes, and central fetal monitoring are explained, accompanied by beautiful photography.
☑️ I've been told I'm high risk and I need to have CTG monitoring. Is that true? The research about which fetal monitoring option works best for women considered to be high risk is all covered in the course. You'll find that this one is actually a myth.
☑️ How do I make sure I get a choice, and get the choice I want? Top tips on how to communicate your decisions with your maternity professional are provided. These will make it more likely that you will be listened to and your decisions respected.
Is this course right for you?
This is for you if..
- You are currently pregnant, planning to be pregnant, supporting a pregnant person during labor
- You want to be in control of your birth choices
- You want to know the facts about fetal monitoring
This is not for you if..
- If you want someone else making decisions about your birth
- You prefer to make decisions based on fear and myths rather than research
- You are planning to give birth by caesarean section
Only 9% of women report being given BOTH information and a choice about fetal monitoring methods. Don't be one of the 91%!
Still not sure?
Here's what previous course participants have said about the course...
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It helped me make sense of so much that has bothered me about my first birth and has made me more confident that it will be different this time. It has given me practical tools to make choices for my labour. Cecelia
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A really useful introduction to fetal monitoring, makes you questions many assumptions and think again. Margaret
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Helps you to understand your options around fetal heart rate monitoring, what are the methods, what does the research say about fetal heart rate monitoring and how to communicate your decisions to your care providers. Sue
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An easy way to get all the information about fetal monitoring you need to make an informed choice. Elizabeth
Hi, I'm Dr Kirsten Small
I'm a retired obstetrician with a PhD in fetal monitoring. I'm an experienced researcher and educator. I have devoted much of the past decade to understanding, building, and sharing the evidence about fetal heart rate monitoring.
Now I use what I have learned to help you to make maternity care better. I'll share with you the detailed facts about what works, what harms, why, and what we might do to make things better.
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