for you & your daughter & granddaughter. I think the fetal monitor is pretty standard these days. Things have sure changed since we had our babies, didn't have any way of knowing the sex or seeing them until they were here & lots of times when they were coming was a complete surprise as well. Remember the old days of trying to count the heartbeats - wasn't a rapid one supposed to be a boy? And my old favorite, the pencil on a string held over the abdomen. I think if it went from head to toe, it was supposed to be a boy and if it went side to side a girl.
It is probably a good thing you posted this morning. After some fairly unpleasant posts I have read lately on the Off Topic Forum, I had pretty much decided just to ignore that section of YT and stick to dog related topics, but had I done that I would have missed the opportunity to pray for your family this morning. Best wishes for all of you. I am sure all will be well. Medicine has certainy come a long way.