
"How long is labor & what's the Friedman Curve (no relation)?" - with Dr. Caroline Friedman
Healthful Woman Podcast
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Are There Any Risks to Longer Labors?
There are some risks to longer labors. The big one is a higher risk of bleeding aemrage after delivering. Before the time of s section, women died in labor. Horrible things happened. A world without cesarians is not greatit. And so the questionis, how do you know? How do you know when you've hit that point where it's more safe to switch to a caesarian than it is to continue to and there isn't like, a light that goes off, or an alarm that goes off.
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