What Is a Non-Stress Test?

Mike: I remember when my wife was pregnant she would go in for these non-stress tests and I always was confused what what why do they call it a non-stress test okay so non-stress thank you bring that up the non- stress test is a test that you put the fetus on the monitor and you just watch it. The contraction stress test is that you want to induce contractions either physiologically or pharmacology and you want to monitor the field response.