Apparatus and methods for monitoring pregnancy or labor are revealed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an EMG sensor that has two or more EMG electrodes for monitoring fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labor and one or more position sensors for monitoring the relative positioning of both or more emg electrodes during a fetal or maternal activity. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a monitoring device to be placed in a body and having a plurality of sensors integrated into the monitoring device, a plurality of sensors including at least: a first sensor configured to detect a first type of body signal. indicative of a first type of fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labor; and a second sensor configured to detect a second type of signal from the body, different from the first type of signal, also indicative of the first type of fetal or maternal activity during pregnancy or labor.
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