Refusing Being Monitored?

[Sari1117]

Hi there. I am 41 weeks and in the hospital now. I have a Foley bulb in to do some magic to my cervix. It's all going well except continuous monitoring which I find completely unnecessary at this point. I'm on no medicine and baby is looking great. Not in active labor yet. Plus, its 3:30 in the morning and I would like to get some damn sleep in between these irregular contractions. Can I refuse the fetal and contraction monitors for the time being? Especially since not much is going on?

[lieschenb]

I actually found the fetal monitor sound comforting...knowing my baby was safe and getting ready to meet us. Actually KNOWING that he was doing OK helped me as a ftm with the anxiety of labour. Plus why would you question something that could only be good for your baby just so that you can sleep?

[nonishy]

You can refuse anything you want, but i wouldn't recommend it. Those monitors are to keep track of babies heart beat, the heart beat will tell if the baby is in distress or not. So i just say suck it up, ask them to turn the volume down and dim the lights for you.

[Stephie250]

Thanks honeybee103112 and hab63380 x

[hab63380]

If u are being induced you definitely need to be monitored!I if I wouldn't have been monitored w my son I woulda lost him his movements slowed way down and they had to stop everything for a few hrs and start over again ! Anything can happen plz don't risk it ! Stephie250 I'm so sorry for your loss!!!

[honeybee103112]

Wow why don't you.slap that girl.in the face. She clearly stated she lost her baby due to not being monitored . So to say it's not important to be monitored closely would vary from person to person. Hoping that their baby is OK.  I myself will insist on being monitored fully as.I'm going vbac and may have a foley

[wayfunmommy]

It actually isn't important to be monitored constantly. There are many hospitals and clinics changing their policies so that mom and baby only need to be monitored for 10-20 min per hour. You can ask if they can decrease monitoring but it really depends on their policy.

[ShalaneMarie]

Yes u can and ask to be monitored by a doppler.  I have ot written in my birth plan that that is what I want

[Stephie250]

Hi please don't,  the monitoring is very important. I went in hospital at 38 weeks and was ready to have my baby they were short staffed and didn't monitor me and hours before having my precious little I lost him due to the negligence of the staff. I know you must be exhausted but yoyr baby getting here safely is so much more important. I don't mean to scare you but I am sure you can understand where I am coming from. I wish you all the best and pray your little one arrives soon x