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This document discusses factors that affect labor and delivery during the intrapartum period. Several theories attempt to explain what initiates labor, including progesterone deprivation, oxytocin stimulation, and prostaglandin theories. Factors like passenger (fetus), passageway (pelvis), powers (contractions), psyche (mental state), and placental factors can influence the labor process. Signs of impending labor include lightening, Braxton Hicks contractions, cervical changes, rupture of membranes, and inc

Author

Zach Buenavista

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