For many years,
Fetal Monitoring was only being done by just listening to an infant’s heartbeat through a stethoscope. A strong, regular heartbeat is a sign that an infant is doing well during labor. A significant, prolonged drop in rate or intensity of the
heartbeat is a sign of distress of a fetus that may, on occasion, necessitate a cesarean delivery in order to prevent damage to the infant.
When
Electronic monitors were introduced, these quickly replaced the stethoscope for keeping track of the
infant’s heartbeat. In some cases,
external monitors are used to keep track of both the uterine contractions and the fetal heartbeat by electrodes strapped to the mother’s abdomen. Electrodes are inserted during the first stage of labor and are placed directly on the infant’s head. This requires that the amniotic sac be ruptured, if it has not already ruptured. Some of these monitors are capable of measuring the acidity of the infant’s blood as well as the
infant’s heartbeat. The mother’s uterine contractions are also measured.
Detection of early infant distress is the theory of
fetal monitors, wherein, many women object to, on the grounds they interfere with mobility during labor. There are other disadvantages to fetal monitoring; the use of
fetal monitoring is some hospitals has increased the rate of cesarean deliveries. But the rate of newborn complications in hospitals not using fetal monitors appears no different from the hospitals using the monitors and having a higher cesarean delivery rate.
Fetal Monitors are used during cesarean births and premature births. Cesarean births or C-section is a surgical procedure performed under general anesthesia to remove the infant from the uterus through the abdominal wall. C-sections are performed in five to fifteen percent of births.
Fetal monitors increase the chance of detecting infant distress.
There have been between five and ten percent of all infants are born more than two weeks before the due date. Infections, longstanding illness, poor nutrition, and complication of pregnancy also can lead to premature labor. However, the majority of premature births are unexplained. Due to the wide spread use of
fetal monitoring the chances of a premature infant surviving and developing normally are excellent.
Usually, when mothers are in labor they are given with an anesthesia, and
fetal monitors are also being used. General anesthesia is said to be used rarely in the United States and some other countries today, but it is sometimes used after the first stage of labor is complete. With general anesthesia, the mother has no awareness of either pain or the birth of her child. General anesthesia had been known to have detrimental effects on newborns, so
fetal monitoring is required to determine the infant’s vital signs.
Complications are possible for both the mother and the child when spinal anesthesia is administered. With spinal anesthesia the mother is in complete absence of pain from the waist down. In most cases of anesthesia being used, doctors can not depend on the mothers to relay messages of complications. This is the reason that
fetal monitoring is so important in the delivery of newborns.
Most of the many physicians believe that
fetal heart monitoring is of the most importance in high risk and complicated pregnancies and when the mother and baby develop a problem during labor.
But if we’re being asked if what particular
fetal monitor brand to use during childbirth,
F9 Fetal Monitor, will be our quick answer.
The
F9 Fetal Monitor by now is considered as the most advanced, sophisticated and high-end fetal and maternal monitor. The only fetal monitor brand that offers the most advanced integrated monitoring for the delivery room in big hospitals, private obstetrician's offices, and antepartum clinics.
F9 are designed for moving situation covers the entire continuum of antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum applications.
This
F9 model integrates twin's fetal heart rate, uterine activity, fetal movement, intrauterine pressure, fetal direct ECG, Maternal NIBP, SpO2, and ECG, TEMP monitoring. Like all of other of its preceded fetal monitors, F9 has the basic parameters of FHR, TOCO, Event Mark, and AFM and the internal parameters of IUP, and DECG (optional).
The new 12-crystal waterproof untrasound transducer provides broad beam pulsed wave, it makes a signal better, and the smooth TOCO transducer makes the pregnant woman more comfortable. Its rechargeable Lithium-ion battery can sustain 4-hour continuous working; this makes the characteristics of portable come true. While, data from F9 can be automatically transmitted to the MFM-CNS or Insight Software.
The
F9’s monitor can connect to a wireless network module, which will fulfill the data transference between the monitor and the MFM-CNS. Insight software: data can be transferred to PC for display and storage. The MFM-CNS, which is an Ethernet interface, is built in the monitor. Via it and data bus, the data collected by the monitor can be transferred to the MFM-CNS central monitoring system.
This
baby heart beat model offers the most advanced integrated monitoring for the mother and fetus. It is tailored to the needs of the moving situation which covers the entire continuum of antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum applications. There are four options of color for F9 screen background: green, blue, black and orange. Details such as baseline, acceleration, deceleration, long-term variability, short-term variability of FHR can be shown vividly on any background.
Simultaneous monitoring of twins using the two ultrasound channels or using one untrasound channel and DECG (during labor) channel; the range of DECG can be 30bpm-240bpm (American Standard) or 50bpm-210bpm (International Standard); Using IUP to detect the maternal intrauterine pressure, it will provide more accurate data.
The results can be displayed and recorded on CTG trends when connected with a fetal stimulator by an audio cable. 24 hours waveforms storage and playback makes monitoring convenient. And lastly, Signals Overlap Verification, a smart design to reduce the risk of miscollecting fetal heart signal and will alert when more than one heart rate signal come from the same source.
