Re: [ozmidwifery] fetal heart monitoring.

[G Lemay]

Sally Westbury wrote: What I find really interesting is that I can see lots of obstetric guidelines but no midwifery guidelines.   Sally Another interesting thing about taking fetal heart tones in ANY way is that it's not an evidence based practise.  It's possible that listening to fetal heart tones in any way only has the effect of  increasing panic and intervention and does not ultimately save babies. Gloria Lemay