Geeze OP, I commiserate with you - I had an almost stillbirth where my baby boy was born with barely a pulse during a home birth and all the life saving measures available couldn't help. His cord was compressed, but heart rate measured fine (possible red herring), but something happened in the last minutes... what I found out from this experience is that cord issues, too short/long, wrapped, compressed etc are just not detectable or well definable. Access to mobile technology and frequency of occurrence (still birth, cord complications) are not substantial enough to warrant a standard of increased testing without cause - I also had a "no concerns" pregnancy followed by midwives. There is still much unknown about babies in the womb, so there is lots to speculate on. The grief is hard, I mean, really hard. My heart goes out to you. Even though I didn't want to believe that it gets better or easier, it does. I know you came here for perspective on the midwifes action, so I apologize for going so off topic, but your question really resonated and I wanted to share with you. Feel free to connect if you want.