It would seem to me, that as common as ultrasounds have become they would know one way or the other by now. I never had one, they didn’t do them routinely back then, but I would have loved to have had one.
I did get to be in a study about fetal monitors (I think the results were that there were more interventions on mothers with monitors, and I think the upshot was there were probably more unnecessary interventions).
I agree with you.
I had two. I wish I would have had more with my second. She was a stargazer (flipped the wrong way, pointing up) and had her arm up, so her elbow was by her ear. There was no way this baby was coming out naturally.
It would have saved me 12 hours of labor, including two of hard labor, where I said, “I’m not pushing any more. Get me a section, now.”
I had one with each child. About 12 years ago there was talk about possible damage to fine hairs (maybe implicated in ear infections?). My older son was checked for position a few days before delivery, and my youngest was done right away for date confirmation.
I did get to be in a study about fetal monitors (I think the results were that there were more interventions on mothers with monitors, and I think the upshot was there were probably more unnecessary interventions).
I had an internal fetal monitor with my first delivery. Completely aside from the fact that the dr had to squeeze his hand in unspeakable places to attach the line to my undelivered baby's head (which I occasionally complain about 18 years later), being flat on my back in bed was unconducive to my labor, I think. I'm not surprised by that result.