Pelvic floor exercises make prolonged second stage of labour less likely

doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7462.0-b

BMJ 2004;329 (14 August), doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7462.0-b

Pelvic floor exercises make prolonged second stage of labour less likely

Exercising pelvic floor muscles is associated with fewer casesof active pushing lasting over 60 minutes in the second stageof labour. Salvesen and colleagues (p 378) conducted a randomisedcontrolled trial involving 148 nulliparous women who had a structuredtraining programme for pelvic floor muscles and 153 who didn't.Training could prevent prolonged labour in one in eight women.

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