[1.14] Brigid and Dr Pat introduce themselves to the listeners.

[3.22] Dr Pat talks about the stages that labour can stall.

[4.32] Dr Pat defines active labour.

[6.12] Dr Pat talks about what his patients have described painful contractions to feel like.

[7.04] Brigid talks about her experience with a stalled labour.

[7.23] Brigid asks Dr Pat if you can tell what is a good contraction.

[8.42] Dr Pat talks about whether there is value in internal examinations.

[10.08] Dr Pat talks about the length of active labour that obstetricians expect for first births and second and subsequent births.

[11.49] Dr Pat talks about why active labour is timed and the Friedman rule.

[15.38] Dr Pat talks about the Zhang approach.

[18.38] Brigid asks if slow progress of a labour or a stalled labour is of more concern.

[18.40] Dr Pat gives an example and talks about the importance of assessing the situation.

[21.24] Dr Pat talks about some of the reasons why a labour may not be progressing.

[23.45] Dr Pat talks about how some labours benefit from intervention.

[25.52] Dr Pat talks about what can be do if there is mispositioning of the baby’s head.

[26.51] Brigid and Dr Pat recap the interventions that might be used if labour has stalled.

[27.40] Dr Pat talks about the use of an epidural.

[29.51] Dr Pat and Brigid talks about changes in positions and being mobile.