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What is a Fetal Scalp Electrode? From a Labour & Delivery Nurse 🤱🤰 Cannot be taken as medical advice. #birth #laboranddeliverynurse #fetalscalpeletrode #birth #postpartumbody #postpartum #birth #childbirth #newmom #momtobe #baby #epidural #newmom #pregnant #pregnancy #laboranddelivery #midwife #obgyn | Nurse Sydney

So why might a Fetal Scalp Electrode (FSE) be advised? If there are concerns about the baby’s heart rate and it’s unclear whether the monitor is picking up mum’s heart rate instead, an FSE can give a clearer picture. Your heart rate is typically between 60–100 bpm, while a baby’s heart rate is normally 110–160 bpm. If the monitor shows a rate closer to 60–100 bpm, it may be uncertain whether that’s baby or mums, especially if baby’s heart rate is suspected to be dropping. In these cases, an FSE

Please share! There are two main methods utilized for electronic fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring, namely external and internal. Ultrasound Doppler is currently the most commonly used external monitoring method, and it can be used for almost all pregnant women for whom monitoring is required. However, the fetal heart signal obtained by ultrasound Doppler is easily lost, particularly when the labor process enters the active phase. This loss of signal is attributed to poor contact of the transduc