Q re those contraction monitors they put u on - Page 2

LouLou78 · Nov 26th, 2009, 16:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Celesse

They measure the tension changes and show if you are contracting. The higher it goes the greater the change in tension, but they don't really correlate to a specific measurement. They tell you if you are contracting but not how strong or painful as that is partly subjective.

Well put, I often have to explain this to parents when the husband/mummy gets over excited that the 'toco' number goes up to 80 etc, yet the contractions palpate very mild! It doesn't measure the strength. In fact if you don't set the toco at 0 then everyone can reach 100.

suzanne108 · Nov 26th, 2009, 17:05 PM

Glad you're OK MrsQ

KaeRit21 · Nov 26th, 2009, 18:58 PM

ye i watched the monitor go up and down when i was in too....mines went from like 4 right up to over 100 one of the days, and just in general jumped all over the place
no idea what it meant but midwifes werent worried

xxx

3 girlies · Nov 27th, 2009, 03:13 AM

glad everything is ok. xxx

MrsQ · Nov 27th, 2009, 04:48 AM

thanks guys.
xxx

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KaeRit21 Mum (Mom) Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,701	ye i watched the monitor go up and down when i was in too....mines went from like 4 right up to over 100 one of the days, and just in general jumped all over the place no idea what it meant but midwifes werent worried xxx

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