Due to its limited duration it is important to select women in rapid progress of labour, and active obstetric management is necessary.
They also perceived their progress of labour as slow although the progress of labour was not diagnosed as prolonged.
Three vignettes were developed for this study: (1) normal progress of labour, (2) slow progress with signs of fetal distress and (3) non progress of labour.
Much as it is a procedure to monitor progress of labour, it was an invasion of our privacy".
Most respondents reported that they assessed progress of labour by conducting vaginal examinations and assessing cervical dilatation.
While the men realized that these were necessary to assess the progress of labour, they nonetheless felt ashamed and embarrassed.
Only about 41%, more doctors than the other health workers, routinely use the partograph in monitoring the progress of labour.
The tool provides a continuous pictorial overview of the progress of labour, while monitoring maternal and fetal well-being.
Lower plasma oxytocin levels are found in women with epidural analgesia [ 40] and this may slow the progress of labour.
We assumed that the weight of the expected child plays a role in the progress of labour.
Other women experienced frequent unnecessary vaginal examinations to the extent that the vulva swelled, preventing normal progress of labour.
