HealthPartners - Preparing for childbirth

INTERNAL MONITORS Internal monitors give your birth team more detailed information about the baby and your labor.

Labor will often progress smoothly with only external monitoring. Your provider will only use an internal monitor if they need specific types of information to protect the health of you and your baby. To place internal monitors, your cervix must be open and your amniotic sac must have ruptured.

There are 2 types of internal monitors: • A fetal scalp electrode (FSE) may be placed on the baby’s head to track precise changes to their heart rate • An intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) may be threaded through the cervix and placed in the uterus next to the baby to deliver detailed information about the strength, frequency, and duration of your contractions

FETAL SCALP ELECTRODE (FSE)

INTRAUTERINE PRESSURE CATHETER (IUPC)

FETAL MONITORING SYSTEM

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NIBP 1124

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