Assignment CB 2-1: Labor Progress
Required Readings
Readings from online:
· (http://wendyrfuldoula.blogspot.com/2010/10/prodromal-labor-start-and-stop-start.html)
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Readings from purchased books:
· Read “Postgraduate Training – Renee and Oliver” (ninth chapter), Homebirth in the Hospital, pp. 111-23
Assignment to Turn in
Describe how we know this mothers labor was changing and progressing. Use these points from the Progressive model of care to do so:
· Labor has indistinct starts and stops
· Cervical dilation is only one of the signs of progression.
· Labor is characterized by plateaus and hills of progress.
· Labor and birth are unpredictable
· Emotional aspects play a role in the ability to progress
· Specific signs (including cervical dilation) are an indicator of progress, though cannot determine the length of labor.
· A pathologic labor is one in which either mother or baby is in distress.
· Each woman has a unique labor pattern.
