ABSTRACT

With respect to the second stage of labour, which one of the following statements is true?

Cervical dilatation happens at 1 cm per hour.

Oxytocin should be used routinely in the second stage of labour in women with epidural.

A delayed second stage of labour is when the active second stage has lasted more than 2 hours in nulliparous and more than 1 hour in multiparous women.

Fetal heart should be auscultated at least every 15 minutes.

It ends with delivery of the fetal head.