Taking a Bitch's RT

I have read in numerous places that vets can accurately tell when a dog in labor will deliver by monitoring the bitch's RT. If this technique works in dogs, can it work in humans? I know some women use the rectal method when monitoring their BBT, why not try during labor? Is there any research on this?

Unlike dogs a human is capable of pronouncing his needs and feelings with words. This, together with an experienced midwife, who also examines the cervix, is suffice to differ between what my midwife-friend calls "actual birth" and "just labor pain".

So.... talking to a woman and looking at their cervix is enough. No temp needed.

I would further like to ask you not to compare woman with dogs, especially not when using the word "bitch". I find this inappropiate. Thank you 😃

Yes the "bitch" word got me interested, I'm not going to lie 😃.

What a pity it was about animals 😉. I was hoping some kind of good kink.

(And to be honest, being French, I learned the rude meaning of bitch wayyyyyyy before I heard it also aimed at female dogs (maybe 15 years). But it's the same 2 meanings in French, "chienne" can be both, too).

I can imagine that nurses have been cursed at while taking the rectal temp. of a nasty or psychotic bitch. That's the image that came to mind, when I read that. I haven't heard that term applied to dogs since I was visiting the U.K.

The OP's reference to a "bitch" is a female canine - not a woman. It would be difficult to take a dog's temperature any other way than rectally. I hadn't heard that monitoring temperature was a good prediction of when they would deliver.

My Golden Retriever delivered 9 pups all on her own at 2 am in the morning! We only saw the vet once during her pregnancy.

It seems like this thread has wondered off the trail a little.