Save & Share this with someone who needs this information With regard to Labor & Delivery specifically: •If you are presenting for a labor assessment, ask what your FULL cervical exam is. Often you will get just the number of centimeters dilated. However, active labor leads to changes in dilation, effacement, softness and station. Dilation = cms dilated, effacement = how thin the cervix is, softness is just that, a cervix not in labor is often firm, station = how high/low the fetal head is in th
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Save & Share this with someone who needs this information With regard to Labor & Delivery specifically: •If you are presenting for a labor assessment, ask what your FULL cervical exam is. Often you will get just the number of centimeters dilated. However, active labor leads to changes in dilation, effacement, softness and station. Dilation = cms dilated, effacement = how thin the cervix is, softness is just that, a cervix not in labor is often firm, station = how high/low the fetal head is in th
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