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There are a number of possible causes ofprolongedlabor. During the latent phase, slow effacement ofthe cervixcan cause labor time to increase. During theactive phase, ifthe baby is too large, the birthing canal is toosmall, or thewoman's pelvis is too small, delivery can take longeror fail toprogress.
Regarding this, how long do they wait to induce labor after due date?
In some areas you may be offered an inductionatbetween seven days and 10 days after your duedate,in others it may be two weeks. This is because it'sstillnot known when the ideal time is to inducelabour inoverdue mums (Gülmezoglu et al2012).
Considering this, are boy babies usually late?
He found that first babies were, indeed,slightlymore likely to be born late, at 41 weeks or later,comparedwith other babies (second-borns, third-borns, etc.)Theresults showed that a firstborn baby has a 15 to 16percentchance of being born late, compared with a 9 or 10percentchance for other babies.
Longer answer: we will probably never know,because it'stoo hard to study extreme stress in laboringwomen. Thesestudies suggest that severe stress may slow downprogressduring early labor. However, extreme stressdoes notappear to slow down active labor.