Timing of hospital admission at first childbirth: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

It is difficult for women in labor to determine when best to present for hospital admission, particularly at first childbirth. While it is often recommended that women labor at home until their contractions have become regular and ≤ 5-minutes apart, little research has investigated the utility of this recommendation. This study investigated the relationship between timing of hospital admission, in terms of whether women's labor contractions had become regular and ≤ 5-minutes apart before admission, and labor progress.

Methods

This was a cohort study of 1,656 primiparous women aged 18-35 years with singleton pregnancies who began labor spontaneously at home and delivered at 52 hospitals in Pennsylvania, USA. Women who were admitted before their contraction

SUBMITTER: Kjerulff KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9934383 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature