A new pregnancy patch could provide crucial, 24-hour monitoring for high-risk moms. For decades, ultrasounds have been the ...

External heart rate monitoring, the most common method of monitoring the fetus, may leave signs of fetal hypoxia undetected if the maternal pulse rate is not simultaneously monitored. The risk is that ...

The device aims to reduce false alarms, cut unnecessary hospital visits, and expand access to prenatal care in low-resource ...

Cardiotocography (CTG) refers to the electronic recording of the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions. Fetal heart rate recorded through the mother's abdomen is the most commonly used fetal ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have created a soft, wearable ultrasound patch that can continuously ...

Re “Doctors Stick With Unreliable Medical Tool to Justify C-Sections” (front page, Nov. 7): As the president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, I found that this article, ...

A hair-thin, soft robotic probe inserted through existing surgical ports to continuously track multiple fetal vitals in real time. Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device ...

A worldwide shortage of fetal scalp electrodes could reduce access to internal fetal heart rate monitoring, potentially leading to more perinatal deaths and other complications, two ob/gyns in Canada ...

So, you’re about to have a baby. You’ve been to the birth classes – you learned how being upright and moving around can help you be as comfortable as possible. Perhaps you’ve even learned some ...

Cardiotocography (CTG) refers to the electronic recording of the fetal heart rate and uterine contractions. Fetal heart rate recorded through the mother’s abdomen is the most commonly used fetal ...