Question

A pregnant woman arrives in the delivery room with weak and short-lived contractions. After administering RL 1,000 ml down to 125 ml / hr, by medical order he observed that the contractions were relieved. This labor is known as:

Or a. False labor (Braxton Hick contractions). b. Hypotonic delivery. Or c. Transitional stage of labor. Or d. True delivery.

Answer 1

False labor is the occurrence of irregular mild uterine contractions that can be relieved by adequate hydration and rest.

Hypotonic labour is usually seen in the active phase of labour which is characterized by poor and inadequate uterine contractions that fails to progress the delivery.

Transitional stage and true delivery has high intensity, high frequency contractions that can lead to delivery of te baby.

The answer is a. False labor (Braxton Hick contractions)