Internal fetal monitoring

Your health care provider will monitor you and your baby throughout your pregnancy. These tests may be done anytime during your pregnancy, especially if you have a high-risk pregnancy, a medical condition, or have had complications with a previous pregnancy. Sometimes a test may be repeated at intervals to show the well-being of the baby over time. Finally, tests may be done if you have reached 41- 42 weeks or are considered postdate, or "overdue." These tests are designed to miss as few abnormal babies as possible. That means a lot of healthy babies may have abnormal results. It's important to talk with your health care provider about testing so that you can understand how concerned she is about your baby's results.