fetal monitor
Prenatal heartbeat detector
A fetal monitor is a medical device that tracks a baby's heart rate and the mother's contractions during pregnancy and labor.
External monitors use sensors strapped to the abdomen; internal monitors attach directly to the baby's scalp for more precise readings.
The continuous readout helps detect fetal distress: The fetal monitor showed the baby's heart rate dropping during contractions.
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
- contractionReduction in size
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- labor and deliveryProcess of giving birth
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- medical equipmentstethoscope, AED, syringe, hospital bed, surgical table
- medical toolsstethoscope, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, catheter, reflex hammer
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- medical devicespacemaker, defibrillator, AED, ventilator, CT scanner
- birth suppliesDoppler, birth ball, birth pool, birthing pool, birthing stool
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