The patient who is in the active stage of labor with contractions of 1 to 2 minutes lasting 70 to 90 seconds with a uterine resting tone of 25 mm Hg is experiencing the difficulty of labor type power uterine action, to be precise, hypotonic labor. Hypotonic labor generally occurs in the active stage of labor.
Hypotonic labor is a difficult labor pattern characterized by weak and insufficient uterine contractions that are ineffectual in causing cervical dilatation, effacement, and fetal descent, resulting in a prolonged or protracted birth. Hypotonic labor is essentially a power deficit. There is insufficient propulsion strength to achieve fetal descent, cervical dilation, and placenta and fetus(es) expulsion.
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