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Primip. with failure to progress at 3 cm cervical dilataion

Authoring team

  • might not be in labour
  • might be a big baby, i.e. labour is obstructed

A trial of Syntocinon will induce true labour. If there is still no progress then obstruction is a likely explanation.


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