How is intermittent fetal heart monitoring done?
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Boston Women's Health Book Collective answered:Intermittent monitoring can be done with a fetoscope (a special stethoscope), or with a Doptone, a handheld device that uses ultrasound to detect and transmit the baby's heart rate. Intermittent fetal heart rate monitoring is done by listening to the baby's heartbeat through and right after a contraction for about 2 minutes every 5 to 30 minutes during labor, depending on the stage of labor you are in.
Intermittent monitoring can be done with a fetoscope (a special stethoscope), or with a Doptone, a handheld device that uses ultrasound to detect and transmit the baby's heart rate. Intermittent fetal heart rate monitoring is done by listening to... More
