Examen Prenatal chez PMI

Part of the PMI (protection maternelle et infantile) program involves doing some of the prenatal checkups for pregnant women. We refer the women to the hospital for all of the blood tests, but we measure fundal height, do a brief history, give tetanus shots, and "listen" to the fetal heart out in the brush. I wanted to share a picture of our "equipment" for this adventure -- a measuring tape (pretty standard), but instead of the fetal heart monitor, we use this nice little wooden thing. the bottom end goes on the pregnant woman's stomach, and the flatter end goes to my ear... and then i wiggle around until i think i can hear something, grab the woman's pulse to see if it's her heart or the baby's, and then try to convince myself that i'm actually HEARING something...!!!!