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(redirected from second stage of labor)

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arrest of the second stage of labor because the mother is unable to push the baby out--also called the baby's "failure to descend"
Analyses revealed that, compared with other women, women with a sphincter tear were more likely to be older, to be white, to have longer gestations or a prolonged second stage of labor, to have a larger infant, or an infant who was in the occiput posterior position.
Approximately 4% of women experience arrest of descent during the second stage of labor and are faced with the choice of an instrumented vaginal delivery or cesarean section at full dilation, each with inherent risk.
 
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