Our members are committed to the health of women and newborns. No matter what career stage you’re in, AWHONN’s Fetal Heart Monitoring Program has an education course for you.

Fetal heart rate monitoring measures the heart rate and rhythm of your baby (fetus). This lets your healthcare provider see how your baby is doing. Your healthcare provider may do fetal heart …

Jul 13, 2022 · Providers use fetal heart rate monitoring to check the health of the developing fetus during pregnancy. They range from manual and handheld Doppler monitoring to continuous …

In addition to monitoring fetal heart rate patterns, information about the effects of labor on the fetus can also be learned by observing the pattern of uterine contractions.

Fetal heart rate monitoring is a procedure used to evaluate the well-being of the fetus by assessing the rate and rhythm of the fetal heartbeat. During late pregnancy and labor, your …

Oct 19, 2025 · Fetal heart rate monitoring is a process that lets your doctor see how fast your baby’s heart is beating. If you’re pregnant, your doctor will want to make sure your baby is …

Fetal heart rate monitoring measures the heart rate and rhythm of your baby (fetus). This lets your healthcare provider see how your baby is doing.

The purpose of this document is to provide an evidence-based framework for the evaluation and management of intrapartum fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns. Pregnant individuals in the first or …

Electronic fetal monitors continuously record the instantaneous fetal heart rate on the upper channel and uterine contractions on the lower channel. They do this by attaching, either …

Sep 18, 2025 · Internal FHR monitoring is accomplished with a fetal scalp electrode, which is a spiral wire placed directly on the fetal scalp to detect electrical signals of the fetal heart.