Sentences with phrase «longer labour stages»

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For first time mothers, the active first stage of labour (when the cervix dilates from 4 cm to 10 cm) normally lasts an average of eight hours, and is unlikely to last longer than 18 hours.

, and her aura was not one which installed colempte confidence in me of her competence.Eventually, we reached a stage where the lead midwife announced that upon another examination (that we had been told was advisable due to the amount of time my partner had been in labour) that she would be calling in an ambulance as the baby was apparently taking longer to recover it «s heart rate between contractions than it had been previously which was a concern, and that my partner needed to be dealt with in hospital.The reassurance of the surroundings of home was soon replaced by a period of comparative chaos and strange faces which then developed into me travelling with my now scared and distressed partner in a speeding ambulance across a busy city road system amidst late afternoon traffic.

A Cochrane review found that: «Women who used epidurals were more likely to have a longer delivery (second stage of labour), needed their labour contractions stimulated with oxytocin, experienced very low blood pressure, were unable to move for a period of time after the birth (motor blockage), had problems passing urine (fluid retention) and suffered fever and association between epidural analgesia and instrumental birth.»

A combined spinal / epidural will reduce sensation which could cause problems during the pushing stage and lead to a longer labour.

The major disadvantage to a spinal block is that it can inhibit the pushing stage and lead to a longer labour.

I don't think there are many who relish another Tory Government, but frankly, when you have «New Nazi» in power for 12 long and bloody years (Iraq & Afghan Wars) you get to the stage where absolutely ANYONE BUT LABOUR will do.

But he enjoyed a warm reception from Labour activists — many of whom queued for over two hours to hear him — and received a long standing ovation when he exited the stage to soul classic «Working on a Building of Love» by Chairmen of the Board.

Labour has said it will not support a timetable motion, but if a particular debate goes on too long it will be prepared to vote for closure motions to allow that stage of the debate to be terminated.

If at a General Election the national figures were Conservative 44 % Labour 26 % Liberal Democrat 17 % then I rather suspect that actually the majority would be of over 150 - the Liberal Democrats might manage to hold onto as many as 40 seats, Labour would go way down though below 200 seats, the Conservatives would probably break through 400 seats, it does depend a lot on tactical voting, however the likliehood of a such a result in the next 10 years is virtually nil, in the longer term I would say it was quite probable at some stage in the future once the Labour government finally collapses.

Among his targets were Michelle Mone («a laughable vulgarian»); Labour's Dave Watts (a «leery drongo»); Anne McIntosh, former Tory MP for Thirsk & Malton «who so impressed her local constituency party that it dumped her»; former party official Emma Pidding («a busy - bee activist whose orangey lipstick has long been an annual wonder on stage at Tory party conferences»).