A system and apparatus for implementing a user interface for displayinguterinecontraction information is provided. Thegraphical user interface displays firstinformation conveying a rate of uterine contractions, the first informationbeing derivedat least in part on the basis of at least a portion of a contraction signal.The graphical userinterface also displays, concurrently with the first information, secondinformationconveying a threshold rate of uterine contractions. Inspecific examples ofimplementation, the graphical user interface is adapted for selectivelycausing an alarmevent based at least in part on a rate of uterine contractions conveyed by thefirstinformation and the threshold rate of uterine contractions.