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During childbirth, a baby’s heart rate is monitored through a fetal heart monitor to assess the baby’s oxygenation, including oxygenation of the baby’s brain. This is how the baby talks to us and tells us how it is doing.<\/p>\n

The fetal monitor produces a strip that must be read and analyzed almost continually during the birthing process to determine whether the baby’s heart rate suggests oxygen deprivation.<\/p>\n

A typical variation in the fetal heart rate is a reassuring sign of fetal well-being. So fetal monitor tracing shows fetal well-being (heart rate, heart rate decelerations, heart rate accelerations) or fetal distress (late decelerations<\/a> with decreased variability).<\/p>\n

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