They tried to do that to my son in 1985 even after I told them that he had moved back into the position he’d been in for the last month which was his head on the left side of my pelvis bone and his butt pressing up against my right ribs. They chastised me saying “babies don’t move during labor “. I was only 17 and in their minds stupid. I’d been in labor for over 20 hours starting late Saturday night and had yet to see an actual doctor. When the doc finally came to the hospital and examined me he said “the baby’s head isn’t even down here!”. I cried. 23.5 hours of labor and only 3cm dialated, my baby’s heart rate plummeting with every contraction and they finally did an emergency C-section. The cord was around his neck twice and he was as black as the Ace of Spades. He almost died due to their incompetence and not listening to their patient.

This was very reassuring and healing to watch. I had to have an emergency C-section with my daughter because her heart rate was plummeting from her cord being wrapped twice around her neck. They had to use this tool to get her heart rate because they wanted to know if it was as low as the external monitors were saying before making any calls about c-section, or if they just weren't catching the heart rate. It was actually lower and they rushed me to the OR. So thankful for the nurses and doctors that day who helped to make the right decisions for us to have our beautiful little girl.

Whoa😮 I'm so glad this is being shared. It's probably not that big a deal, but the barberism of the appearance of some of these devices 😢 I don't know how anyone gets through these processes without trauma they have to talk about for the next 10 years. 🤔

This happened to me minutes before i was rushed into surgery due to fetal distress, however i ended up giving birth naturally on the operating table while they were setting up the room for a c-section (with me asleep) 30minutes before the monitor was placed my waters broke naturally with maccoinum inside 😮 I ended up having a 3h labour and wouldn't of changed anything it seems awful to agree to the internal monitor but without it i would have not known my baby was in distress just in time.

They used this on my fourth baby and the cord wasn’t working freaked me out with the staff kept saying there was no heart beat and they had to do another cord and it was so painful. They also pumped extra fluid back in to get pressure off the cord. Worst labor I’ve had.

Wouldn't that hurt the baby?? To screw something ginto the poor child's head?

Great info! I appreciate hearing about it!

I absolutely hate those. It left scabs on my daughters head

Omg they did this with my second because she was at such a low station so fast but i was only at 8cm. When you say screw into the head…you mean almost like a gentle piercing?? That’s terrifying lol

And you can't move as freely as you can without things hanging out of your crott

Uh, this is new to me too. Never heard or seen this. Thanks for sharing ❤

This broke my water scared me so bad 😂

I had this with our son. Its uncomfortable procedure for mom. But baby doesn't seem to feel anything he had a little scratch spot from removing the attachment and that was it. His head is all healed pretty much before we left the hospital (4 days)

I had this with my third. I've had an unmedicated birth. An HSG, IUD, multiple c-sections including one with twins, and an egg retrieval and implantation. Lots of painful things have happened to my reproductive system, NOTHING compares to the pain I was in having this done. I usually faint when in extreme pain, which did happen later on in labor, but unfortunately I didn't faint during this. I wasn't informed either that there was a hook, I was told it was a "sticker" and I guess I assumed it was an electrode pad

My 7yr old was asking me about the scar on my head, and now I am here. Wow, I had this myself and with my 1st child and had no clue.

You should start a business taking bookings for patients who want a special nurse there...like doulas but licensed.

I had this w my third… she was being a goofball and running from the monitors… it only left a little scab ❤

Golly, women go through a lot. I like the way that this nurse describes and explains everything however, my fear is that there will be some subpar, know it all, less experienced nurse who will be too rough and will damage the baby’s head.

I learned a lot from this video. Next semester, Ill be taking maternity, and I'm not sure whether they will teach us this in nursing school.

My baby was hurt with this way of monitoring… her head was scratched causing scaring/hair loss 😭

When would this be used over an IUPC (or vice versa)?

Wow! I had this for my first birth. It was an induction, and the nurses were struggling to get an accurate heartbeat for baby. I never saw any mark on her head but she was born with full set of hair so maybe that's why. So interesting.

New L & D nurse here: under which circumstances would you use this? Like when we suspect or know that the baby has a congenital cardiac anomaly? I heard a nurse and OB arguing the other day about using one of these but I wasn’t sure why the nurse was against it. Any insight is appreciated. Thank you

They explained this to me last week when I had my baby. Yeah, I refused. Glad I did too. She had so much bruising on her head from being in a bad position, I seriously doubt their ability to not hit the “soft spot”. My nurse couldn’t even guide me to proper positions to push, my husband had to step up and be the “expert”! I swear my nurse was a complete newb. They just assumed because it was my 4th kid that I wouldn’t need any help I guess.

I had this done as well baby was not reacting well to so many contractions they were back to back with just a small amount of medication. And they had me on all fours with an epidural not easy for sure. then they put the monitor in after baby I guess was okay. I did have her vaginally but with forceps also this fell out towards the end and they had to have a nurse hold a monitor to my stomach while I pushed. I wish I had more explanation of what was going on maybe at the 6 week appointment but I didn’t so I’m not sure what was going on.

Are you Filipina?

Omg :(

On the leg??? Of the baby?? How do u do that? If babys head goes first?

Would inserting the Internal Fetal Scalp Electrode hurt your Patient’s Baby? Please reply back Anna. 😃

Tbh this is the kind of thing that reminds me why I never want to ever get pregnant… to be fair I have a lot of health issues so I’d be a high risk pregnancy IF I could even get and stay pregnant. But honestly I’d just rather avoid the whole thing and adopt or foster lol. And I’m saying this as someone who LOVES kids. Especially babies.

If they want to do this to my baby again I am refusing!!

Well if anything is going to cause feral distress wouldn’t it be this?!

I'm sorry, but the more I hear about pregnancy the more I realize how intrusive it is and how much people look at and push their hands and fingers into your vagina. This is relly turning me away from childbirth, at least in a hospital unless necessary. I am so uncomfortable with all of this

More crimes against humanity. Stay the heck out of the hospital and find yourselves a wonderful midwife & save you/your baby from unnecessary trauma. “Medical emergencies” are generally stemmed from intervention that a mother would not need if she was comfortable, & in the hands of a knowledgeable midwife. There’s a time/place for OB’s (surgeons), but ask yourself how many times you’ve heard the typical snowball: “I was induced (unnecessarily), then I wasn’t “progressing quickly enough”, so I had some Pitocin. Then the artificial/unnaturally intense contractions were unbearable so I had an epidural. Then the normal share of hormones between my baby (oxytocin for instance) and I were severed and I couldn’t work with my baby any longer. My water was also broken when it wasn’t my body/baby’s time, and suddenly my baby went into fetal distress, then I had an emergency c-section… But thank God I was in the care of a SURGEON ‘who could save my baby’s life’ 🤔” ask yourself. Why WOULDN’T a baby go into fetal distress with all of this disgusting intervention? Ask the questions, parents.

These monitors are absolutely appalling. Mamas- do your own research please, and dont just google the mainstream healthcare articles. Ask yourself would a screw in your head feel okay to you? Why then would a baby, of all people, be exempt from this? Just because they can't vocalize in utero does not mean this is not ridiculously inhumane.