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Prolonged Latent Phase
If you have been contracting regularly for a period of 20 hours (14 hours if you’ve had a baby before) without a measurable change in your cervix, your midwife or doctor may make a diagnosis of “prolonged latent phase”. Under these difficult circumstances “patience” should be the guiding principle. Overly aggressive treatment (by rupturing the… »