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I am not a doctor, I am merely reporting from personal observation. What I meant by a stalled delivery is one in which the process of dilation and movemement down the birth canal stops. The normal solution is just to push longer. If this fails, however, it is a good argument for a C section because the high pressure can rupture the uterus. Or so it was explained to me. Foetal distress can come from reduction in oxygen through the umbilical, or extreme pressure n the foetus, or wrapping the umbilicus around the head, or I don't know what all.   Not my field.

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