If I end up being monitored do I HAVE to stay lying down?

[Pesha]

Am 37 weeks with my 3rd. With my 1st her heartbeat was dipping with contractions so was monitored continuously and had to stay lying on my back throughout which made it so much more painful (she was back to back) and presumably slower.
Read afterwards that actually you can get up whilst being monitored so assumed it must have been me just accepting it and not asking too much to move around. However I was my sister's birth partner a couple of years ago at the same hospital. She was induced so had to be monitored and was told she'd have to stay on her back, i questioned this but they were adamant.
I've still seen things that say this is not the case but it seems to be my hospital's policy. My last labour was fine so hopefully this will be but if I do end up being monitored can i insist on being allowed to kneel on the bed or stand up at the side or however else i feel comfortable whilst still hooked up or will I have to just put up with it?

TIA

Managed to remember the reference without needing to climb to the top of my bookcases

It's from the Cochrane Library which is a collection of meta-analyses and is very well-respected.

coo-el, thanks Daisymoo

my mw was reluctant to let me be mobile whislt monitored, but I just NEEDED to be upright, so I kept going to the loo every 20 mins eventually she relented and let me sit on the edge of the bed. However I ended up with a failed induction & emergency c/s as I wasn't progressing fast enough, so this time I will be much more forceful if I need to be - "I AM moving around!"

Wow, thanks for all your replies. Sorry i disappeared, hadnt realised it was nearly 3 when i posted so had to go get dd from school and this is the first chance I've had to get back on!
Hello Ellie and Nutty I'm fine thanks. Will be over soon!

I am feeling really positive about giving birth and actually quite excited and looking forward to it but keep having to remind myself that just because the last one went well doesnt mean this time will so I'm trying to prepare myself for other possibilities so whatever happens i can still try and make it as posistive as possible.

With dd her heart beat was dipping so had constant monitoring and was told I couldnt move, being my first (and not having discovered MN!) I just did what I was told. I even had to argue with them to let me have a wee, they kept insisting it was just my waters. Ended up having pethidine and then an epidural (which didnt work) and felt totally out of control. Last time got to hospital at 9cms, had bit of G&A and popped baby out with the waters whilst lying on my side!

But it did shock me when I was with my sister how insistent they were that she had to be lying down when I was sure id read that that didnt have to be the case so I am really relieved to hear from all of you that its possble, you've done it and some MWs even encourage it
If i do end up with constant monitoring and i want to get up or change position then I will whether they like it or not!!
Thank you