A delivery extractor for use with a suction source and at least one monitor in vacuum assisted deliveries. The extractor comprises a cup-shaped element and a tubular stem joined to the cup-shaped element and in pneumatic communication with the suction source. The extractor also includes at least one noninvasive sensor positioned on a sensor support so as to continuously contact the scalp of a fetus when the head of the fetus is positioned in the cup-shaped element. The sensor support is depressible within the cup-shaped element. The at least one sensor is in communication with the monitor(s) which monitors at least one physiological indicator of the well-being of the fetus during its transit through the birth canal. In other cases, the aforementioned noninvasive sensor(s) detects direct waves while other noninvasive sensors positioned on the rim of the cup-shaped element detect surface waves related to the same phenomenon.
