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Dear Annette, I use a wooden one; maybe wood is warmer than plastic or metal. I believe you can get one in pure silver. When I hear the fetal heart clearly (usually intrapartum; I work on labour ward at present), I offer for the partner to listen, as it is very different from hearing the FH electronically translated. My pinard stethoscope is my own and is precious to me, as a symbol of Midwifery and because I had to work very hard to learn to use it. It is also the chosen symbol of the Association of Radical Midwives. Kind regards, Margy Hughes RM >From: Annette Dalsgaard Vilain <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: "A forum for discussion on midwifery and reproductive health > research." <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: How do pinards look/why do parents use them? >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:47:29 +0200 > >To the ICM -researchmailing list fra Jette Aaroe Clausen (e-mail: >[log in to unmask]): > >Greeting everybody out there > >I am currently finishing an article about midwifes work with pinards, CTG >and the doptone. And this has made me wonder a little about what a >stethoscope is, and what midwifes mean when they say they work with >Pinards. > >I know English midwifes use the word Pinard for the stethoscope they use >during childbirth. In Denmark a stethoscope in called "a wooden tube" >(trærør) or wooden stethoscope (træ stetoskop). It is a app. 20 cm long >wodden tube. when I have visited English labourward, I have seen midwifes >use smaller stethoscopes and called them Pinard. In the literature I can >see that the stethoscope got its name from an English doctor Pinard. For a >reference see. http://fan.BM.comb/chi/reprint/91/3/F231 > >I found these pictures on the homemade from radical midwifes. >http://www.radioed.demon.Co.UK/Pindar's.html >And this make me think that the word Pindar now is used for all types of >stethoscopes used during labour whether they are of wood, plastic or metal. >Am I right in assuming that the most common used stethoscope in England is >of wood and it is short? Where are the stethoscopes of metal and plastic >used? > >What kind of stethoscopes are used by midwifes in other countries? I once >visited a Mennonite midwife in Canada (Mennonite is closely related to the >Amish, but less radical, they do drive cars ect), she used a stethoscope >that was placed between the women's abdomen, and her forehead and two >listening probes where placed in her ears. I wonder if this was just her, >or is other midwifes out there using this kind of stethoscopes? > >Sparked by the discussion about a list for historians, I wonder if there >are anybody out there who knows how short and small stethoscopes came into >being and why they became the chosen form? I was once told that Danish >midwifes used a long stethoscope for courtesy and for avoiding lice. But I >have never seen this in writing and don't remember who told me this many >years ago. > >In Denmark parents to be, have started to buy Pinards and some also buy >doptones and use them at home. have you hear of this and what are your >experience with this. Why do parents do this? and do you experience and >problems whit this? > >Looking forward to hear from you > >All the best >Jette > >Jette Aaroe Clausen >Jordemoderlærer / Midwifery Lecturer >MHH (Master in Health Humanities) >CVU Øresund >Jordemoderuddannelsen/ Faculty of Midwifery >Sigurdsgade 24 >2200 København N >Telefon + 45 3531 0511/ + 45 3531 0500 >Hjemmetelefon + 45 8678 2327 >e-mail: [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk