CPM Certified Professional Midwife

Category - Labor, Birth, and Immediate Postpartum

Each uterine contraction consists of three phases. The contraction is at strongest during which phase?
  1. Increment
  2. Acme
  3. Climax
  4. Decrement
Explanation
Answer: B - The contraction is strongest during the acme. The increment is the period of increasing intensity leading up to the acme, while the decrement is the period of decreasing intensity after the acme. The climax is not one of the three phases of uterine contraction.
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