Labor and Birth Care Articles

How Long Is Normal Labor?

How Long Is Normal Labor?

  “A revision of existing active labor expectations . . . is warranted, and efforts to do so must supersede efforts to change labor to fit existing expectations.” Neal 2010, p. 31713 “How long is normal labor?” is a crucial question because doctors determine when...

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