Several hours after she was admitted in early labor, a woman's cervix is dilated 4 cm. This is significant because:
a. The woman's labor will probably progress to completion.
b. The cervix is almost completely dilated.
c. It means effacement is complete.
d. The mucous plug will come out.
ANS: A
Once the cervix dilates to 4 cm, labor will probably progress to completion. Complete dilation is 10 cm. Dilation is a measure of the cervical opening, not cervical effacement. The mucous plug would have been expelled earlier than this.
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