That’s an IUPC - intrauterine pressure catheter. They aren’t used TOO often and I’m not preaching they you should have one, but they can be important and needed sometimes and you should know about them. The IUPC is the only thing that can really tell the team how strong your contractions are, NOT the tracing. Big or small “hills” on that contraction strip, we can’t really look at that and say what’s going on in there. You can also lay your hands on a belly and feel things - for sure. But that al