Tutmae, Often continuous monitoring requires laying flat on your back for the whole labour. Intermittent monitoring allows for more movement thus making things faster and more natural. Many continuous monitoring systems aren't waterproof which also restricts natural pain relief options. Unfortunately some middies and drs like to do things by the clock and like to over-medicallise births. Pregnancy is not an illness to be treated, it is a medical condition to be supported and allowed to progess naturally, unless there is something that is actually wrong. Intermittent monitoring does provide an accurate picture of what is happening because it is doen both during contractions and between them. HTH
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