Describe how we know this mothers labor was changing and progressing. 

Assignment CB 2-1: Labor Progress

Required Readings
Readings from online:
Prodromal Labor(http://wendyrfuldoula.blogspot.com/2010/10/prodromal-labor-start-and-stop-start.html)
Rethinking Second Stage Labor
Readings from purchased books:
Read “Postgraduate Training – Renee and Oliver” (ninth chapter), Homebirth in the Hospital, pp. 111-23
Assignment to Turn in
Describe how we know this mothers labor was changing and progressing.  Use these points from the Progressive model of care to do so:
Labor has indistinct starts and stops
Cervical dilation is only one of the signs of progression.
Labor is characterized by plateaus and hills of progress.
Labor and birth are unpredictable
Emotional aspects play a role in the ability to progress
Specific signs (including cervical dilation) are an indicator of progress, though cannot determine the length of labor.
A pathologic labor is one in which either mother or baby is in distress.
Each woman has a unique labor pattern.