{"id":436,"date":"2016-06-12T13:53:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T18:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/?page_id=436"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T17:33:50","slug":"pelvic-exam-during-labor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/skills-lab\/obstetrics\/labor\/pelvic-exam-during-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelvic Exam during Labor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"vimeo-player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1237338197?h=6fedefcc69\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\"   allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/obgynskillslab.vhx.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the full-length version of this video plus over 150 other Women&#8217;s Health Training videos with a subscription to OBGYN Skills Lab.<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0 &#8211; 3 Day Free Trial<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0 &#8211; Cancel at any Time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One means of evaluating a patient\u2019s progress during labor is with the use of a pelvic exam.<\/p>\n<p>Pelvic exams are used sparingly during labor and delivery as their is a relationship between increased numbers of exams and increasing risk of infection. But the overall risk is small, so they certainly should be performed whenever they are needed.<\/p>\n<p>This video demonstrates the clinical findings and one method for evaluating the dilatation and effacement of the cervix, fetal presentation and station of the presenting part.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the full-length version of this video plus over 150 other Women&#8217;s Health Training videos with a subscription to OBGYN Skills Lab. \u00a0 &#8211; 3 Day Free Trial \u00a0 &#8211; Cancel at any Time. One means of evaluating a patient\u2019s progress during labor is with the use of a pelvic exam. Pelvic exams are used &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/skills-lab\/obstetrics\/labor\/pelvic-exam-during-labor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pelvic Exam during Labor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":64,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-436","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1140,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/436\/revisions\/1140"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obgynmorningrounds.com\/blog6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}