Term latent labour - cervical membrane sweep

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Teaching point

At term with a soft, effacing cervix admitting 2 fingers and early labour, the patient is in the latent phase; a membrane (cervical) sweep releases prostaglandins to augment labour rather than jumping to syntocinon, amniotomy or caesarean.

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