Position changes during slow labor
Part of Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This study tests if changing the mother's position during a long, slow labor can help speed things up. If your labor is not progressing as expected, you may be able to join and try different positions to see if they help.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You must be able to speak English
- You are carrying one baby, head-down
- You are at least 34 weeks pregnant
- You are admitted to the hospital for labor that started on its own or was started by doctors
- Your labor is slow: either your cervix has not opened past 6 cm after 8 hours of oxytocin and your water has broken, or your cervix is at least 6 cm but has not opened more than 1 cm in 2 hours with your water broken and oxytocin
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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