you've been in labor for 13 hours and your contractions are very close together. When the nurse checks your cervix, you still have not dialated. What are some possible problems?what happens.
thank you to everyone who helps me i am only 16 and have to do a babybook for childstudies class and she gave us a pregnancy problem and i cant find any information on this. thanks so much.
2007-01-01 07:16:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
that is pretty much what happened to me. i was in labor for 18 hours only dilated to 3 and my son was still at a -3 station. the problems i had was my son was stated to not tolerate the contractions well. his heart rate started to dip with each contraction. 30 minutes later i was in the OR having a c-section. hope this helps
2007-01-01 07:27:31 · answer #1 · answered by dawn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your cervix is not changing, you are not in labor. You are having contractions, not labor. You will either get sent home in false labor, or you will get a narcotic to help you sleep.
If you are being induced and you have been on Pitocin all day, you will either get the Pitocin turned off for the night and start again tomorrow, go home and try the induction another day, or you will have a c-section.
Possible problems (why you wouldn't dilate): The baby is too big to be born vaginally; the baby is not positioned correctly; you are having dysfunctional contractions; your body is not ready, meaning your cervix is not ripe.
Labor is not the same thing as contractions.
2007-01-01 08:00:10 · answer #2 · answered by dansaremm 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to say cephalopelvic disproportion... meaning that the babies head is too large to fit into the birth canal, so it's not pushing down on the cervix, causing it to dilate. The solution is a csection.
2007-01-01 07:25:59 · answer #3 · answered by semper411 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, every woman & pregnancy is different.
It would depend on the womans doctor to decide what will happen next
and again-everyone is different, so whatever is causing it would be different too.
good luck with your homework.
I hope someone can help you out.
2007-01-01 07:22:20 · answer #4 · answered by Shellberry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
failure to progress. First they will try a medication called cervadil (sp) which can help the cervex to dialate, if it does not work you will have a c-section.
2007-01-01 07:19:39 · answer #5 · answered by parental unit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋