The WHO in its recommendations for a normal delivery advises that the monitoring of the baby during the delivery is not continuous. However, this practice is common in most hospitals. Now, the baby can be monitored during childbirth without immobilizing the mother Thanks to a new technology.
A technological equipment allows the electrocardiograms of the fetus to be made through the mother's abdomen during the dilation process, to control its condition, but facilitating that it can move several meters during contractions.
More than a hundred pregnant women at the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital in Granada have benefited from this innovative technology that allows the fetus to be monitored and the mother to have some freedom of movement.
It is known that standing or walking shortens the first phase of labor, so this practice aims to favor and humanize the birth, preventing the woman from being immobilized on a stretcher. Remember that if we are in the hospital, even to go from the dilation room to the delivery room, if we can walk, better, because the pelvic swing favors the passage of the baby through the birth canal.
This technology that is already used in Granada consists of adhering five electrodes to the woman's abdomen that are connected to a nearby computer through a "bluetooh" system. This device, known by the name of "Monica" was implanted more than a year ago and about 120 women have used it to date.
The main advantage of this non-invasive system over traditional monitoring (the invasive one, by which an electrode is placed on the head of the fetus vaginally, is less recommended) is that the pregnant woman can move.
In short, with the baby monitored during childbirth without immobilizing the mother It is intended to ensure the safety of the mother and newborn, and that this is compatible with the participation of women and their partners during the birth of their children.
