Even if there is, what is perceived to be a compelling reason, you still have the right to say no. I can't speak for any other hospital other than my own - but where i work we do our best to negotiate with the Doctors about monitoring. Unless there are concerns with the trace i don't see why there would be any issues with intermittent monitoring. We usually like to get at least 15 minutes of reactive tracing per hour.
Moving off the bed is always possible with monitoring, however it can be difficult with external monitoring as the movement often causes the tranducer to move and consequently loses the heartbeat, so depending on how relaible the external monitoring is proving to be, they may recommend to put a scalp clip on, A tiny bit of wire is slipped in just under the skin on babes head and provides the most reliable form of CTG monitoring and allows women to move more freely without feeling so tied up to the machine. We remove the clip as babes head is born and they may be left with a small scratch on their head but often this is only just noticable or not at all noticable.
The most important thing is to do as you feel and what is going to make you satisfied with your birth experience. If you feel very strongly against monitoring then stand up for that belief.
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