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DEFINITIONS. A normal delivery starts spontaneously and has only low risks identified at the start of labour. This situa-tion (with regard to continuously assessed risks) lasts throughout labour and delivery. The child is born spontaneously in vertex position between 37 and 42 weeks of gestation.
The management of spontaneous vaginal delivery requires monitoring of maternal and fetal safety. Appropriate clinical personnel and equipment should be available. Patients may be accompanied by their partner or other support person or a doula.
Despite technologic improvements, the definition of “adequate” uterine activity during labor remains unclear. Classically, three to five contractions per 10 minutes has been used to define adequate labor; this pattern has been observed in approximately 95% of women in spontaneous labor.
6 wrz 2024 · The World Health Organization (WHO) defined normal birth as "spontaneous in onset, low-risk at the start of labor and remaining so throughout labor and delivery. The infant is born spontaneously in the vertex position between 37 and 42 completed weeks of pregnancy.
A successful vaginal delivery depends on the adequacy of the female pelvis. Pelvimetry may be used during prenatal visits to evaluate the adequacy of the pelvic space for fetal passage. Inadequate space may result in fetal entrapment, prolonged labor, and shoulder dystocia. 3 The most useful planes for measurement are the pelvic inlet and the ...
A vaginal delivery is the birth of offspring in mammals (babies in humans) through the vagina (also called the "birth canal"). [ 1 ] . It is the most common method of childbirth worldwide. [ 2 ] .
For spontaneous delivery, women must supplement uterine contractions by expulsively bearing down. In the second stage, women should be attended constantly, and fetal heart sounds should be checked continuously or after every contraction. Contractions may be monitored by palpation or electronically.
