The Midwives' Cauldron
Join us as we hubble, bubble, toil, and trouble our way through aspects of midwifery, birth, lactation, and womanhood. We tackle and discuss a variety of topics within the sphere of womanhood, birth, and lactation and what this entails in today's society. We want to be able to share in the strengths of women gathering together and being more informed, for their birth, their feeding experience, and the transition into knowing ourselves better. This is the podcast to connect us as a greater circle of women united.
The Midwives' Cauldron
Listening to babies during labour
In this episode Rachel & Katie discuss all things listening to babies during labour.
Rachel walks us through:
- The Herstory of listening to the baby’s heart rate during labour.
- The interesting and scary history of the inventer of the pinard trumpet.
- Rachel’s “heart beat” impression!
- Rachel’s ‘under water’ pinard story!
- We discuss pinards and doppler listening devices. #bringbackthepinnard
- What is the evidence for fetal heart rate monitoring in labour.
- The current guidelines on intermittent auscultation. And the one piece of evidence a lot of guidelines are based off.
- The normal and expected changes in a full term healthy baby’s heart rate during labour.
- Rachel gives tips on how to navigate working in the hospital environment with consented or declined auscultations.
- Katie looks for sponsorship from Kendall mint cake, you have to listen to know what we’re on about with this one!
- And last but by no means least, CTG monitoring and what the research says about outcomes for women and infants.
LINKS:
Rachel's blog post
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The information shared in this podcast is for general educational purposes only and is not intended as medical or legal advice. Always consult with a qualified professional regarding individual health concerns.
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