The fetal monitor records an unborn baby's heart rate during pregnancy and labor and graphs it on a piece of paper. The fetal monitor is the best way to evaluate an unborn baby, and it is almost the only test to make sure that a baby is doing well during labor. During pregnancy, fetal monitoring can be used as a part of antepartum testing. If the practitioner feels that a baby may be at increased risk of problems toward the end of pregnancy, a baby can be checked every week or every other week with a non-stress test. Fetal monitoring is used on and off during early labor. As labor progress, more monitoring is often needed. Usually, as the time for delivery nears, the monitor is left on continuously since the end of labor tends to be the most stressful time for the baby...