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Posture in labour: patients' choice and its effect on performance
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb15082.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 11, pages 1091–1095, November 1984
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STEWART, P. and CALDER, A. A. (1984), Posture in labour: patients' choice and its effect on performance. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 1091–1095. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb15082.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 24 October 1983 Accepted 10 February 1984
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Summary. In a study to assess the influence of maternal posture on the progress and efficiency of labour, 275 parturients were asked to choose between remaining in bed during labour or being ambulant. Among primigravidae in spontaneous labour those who remained ambulant throughout had the shortest labours; they also had shorter labours than others who were only partially ambulant. Analysis of the data, based on original preference, however, suggests that an easy labour allows ambulation rather than vice versa. Radiotelemetry was used to transmit the fetal heart signal in all ambulant patients and provided satisfactory fetal surveillance in both high- and low-risk labours.