Despite few studies proclaiming its efficacy, EFM is still a widespread practice in the process of childbirth in the New Republic , according to this US report. The technology is used on only 22 percent of pregnant women, and is frequently employed to ward off malpractice allegations. Over the course of the twentieth century, and into the twenty-first, birth in the United States has been increasingly medicalized. four frequent issue is that of false positives, doctors losing the signal of a baby's heartbeat and ordering an emergency c-section or vacuum extraction, when the technology is actually at fault and the baby perfectly healthy.
Despite few studies proclaiming its efficacy, EFM is still a widespread practice in the process of childbirth in the New Republic , according to this US report. The technology is used on only 22 percent of pregnant women, and is frequently employed to ward off malpractice allegations. four frequent issue is that of false positives, doctors losing the signal of a baby's heartbeat and ordering an emergency c-section or vacuum extraction, when the technology is actually at fault and the baby perfectly healthy.