A woman is having her first child.She has been in labor for 15 hours.Two hours ago her vaginal examination revealed the cervix to be dilated to 5 cm and 100% effaced,and the presenting part was at station 0.Five minutes ago her vaginal examination indicated that there had been no change.What abnormal labor pattern is associated with this description?

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With an arrest of the active phase,the progress of labor has stopped.This patient has not had any anticipated cervical change,thus indicating an arrest of labor.In the nulliparous woman a prolonged latent phase typically would last more than 20 hours.A protracted active phase,the first or second stage of labor,would be prolonged (slow dilation).With protracted descent,the fetus would fail to descend at an anticipated rate during the deceleration phase and second stage of labor.

A Woman Is Having Her First Child