Obstructed labour, also known as labour dystocia, is when, even though the uterus is contracting normally, the baby does not exit the pelvis during childbirth due to being physically blocked. The term obstructed labor indicates a failure to progress through normal labor process due: To mechanical problems which include: A mismatch between baby size, or more accurately, the size of the presenting part of the baby (head, buttock, sides), and the mother’s pelvis (waist), Some malpresentations of the baby during birth (for example when the shoulder is the part that is coming out first) or (a transverse lie, when baby is not lying in the normal head down position), Pathological enlargement of the fetal head, as in hydrocephalus, may also (though rarely) obstruct labor, Difficult labor may also be associated with an occipito-posterior position of the fetal head ( when the back of baby’s head is coming out first, instead of the front part), Ineffective uterine contractions. Obstructed labor can be due to maternal height, which is linked to waist size most times. Maternal height reflects the nutritional status of individuals from childhood. Poor nutrition can lead to inadequate waist (pelvis).
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