I want to comment on this but I first need to give you a little info about me.

I have spent the past 14 years travelling around Australia. I have worked in many hospitals; most of them have outdated policies and practices. Some of which are:-
An internal every 4 hours.
CTG on admission
Constant CTG when being induced.

I usually upset these hospitals by refusing to do the above. When I am told that I must do this I ask them why. Usually I am told that it is for the safety of the mother and baby.
When I show them the research that says that a CTG is of little use in predicting the outcome of a birth, and that internal examinations are an invasive procedure and thus require the informed consent of the mother. Also an internal examination only tells you what your uterus is doing at the time of the exam. I am then usually considered as a bit of a fruit loop. I believe that if I spend time with a woman in labour I soon learn what is happening. I don’t need a machine to tell me when she is having a contraction. When they invent a machine that can hold a woman’s hand, give her a reassuring hug, tell her in plain English what is happening, put a cool washer on her forehead, then I would consider, and only consider letting a machine do part of my job for me.