Sleepiness which Appears in the Latter Part of Labor

Studying the Effect on the Delivery Course

Abstract

Often women in the latter part of the firststage of labor show lowered response to their environment, and lowered awareness, their entire bodies relaxed as if they were sleeping.
In order to elucidate this phenomenon, we investigated 196 women in labor, selectd accoding to our own standerd. Sleepiness was confirmed 68% of the subjects and was observed at various times, not particulaly at night. 3 hours before delivery, sleepiness was observed, and continued about 1 hour. After the sleepiness, their cervix was delated completely. The women who had sleepiness had a long duration of labor. And the use of medication was predominantly less performed, in the case of multipara having sleepiness.