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CPM Certified Professional Midwife

Category - Labor, Birth, and Immediate Postpartum

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A midwife notes that presenting part of the fetus is at the +2 station. This finding indicates that that the fetal presenting part is:
  1. At the level of the ischial spine.
  2. 2 cm below the ischial spine.
  3. 2 cm above the ischial spine.
  4. 2 inches above the ischial spine.
Explanation
Answer: B - A +2 station indicates that the fetal presenting part is 2 cm below the ischial spine. A 0 station indicates that the fetal presenting part is at the level of the ischial spine and that engagement has occurred. A - 2 station indicates that the fetal presenting part is above the ischial spine.
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