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Yet by the time I did my training in 1984 in the UK, we were taught to listen every 30 minutes-so when did it change? Sarah Sarah Stewart PhD Candidate Senior Lecturer School of Midwifery Otago Polytechnic Forth St Private Bag 1910 Dunedin New Zealand Tel: 0800 762786 [log in to unmask] >>> [log in to unmask] 06/14/07 9:04 PM >>> Sorry, I should have said that it was 15 minutes in the first stage, and then after every contraction in the second stage or every 5 minutes, whichever was the longer. Ann Ann M Thomson Professor of Midwifery, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, University of Manchester, Coupland III Building, Manchester M13 9PL, UK Tel (0)161 275 5342 Fax (0)161 275 5346 ________________________________ From: A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health research. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joan Walker Sent: 14 June 2007 09:38 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: intermittent auscultation Further to Ann Thompson's contribution - having trained slightly ahead of Ann, I was taught the time for auscultation during the second stage of labour increased to five minutes, mid way between contractions, but to start listening immediately after a contraction to ascertain that the fetal heart rate speedily returned to its basic rate. Joan