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Labor risk

Labor risk is the chance that labor may become unsafe without monitoring, support, or medical intervention.

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Everything to know about labor risks

Everything to know about labor risks

What labor risk means Labor risk is the probability that a physiologic birth process may become unsafe without monitoring, support, or intervention. Risk is not static. A person may enter labor with low-risk prenatal findings and later develop fever, a fetal heart rate abnormality, stalled cervical dilation, heavy bleeding, or unexpected need for operative vaginal […]