OLCreate: HEAT_LDC_ET_1.0 Labour Delivery and Care Module: 1. Recognition of Normal Labour: Figure 1.3 The starting position and the seven cardinal movements of the baby as it descends through the birth canal. The small pictures show the position of the baby’s head, as if you were looking up the birth canal. (Source: WHO, 2008, Midwifery Education Module: Managing Prolonged and Obstructed Labour, 2nd edn., Figure 1.5, page 23)

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The starting position and the seven cardinal movements of the baby as it descends through the birth canal. The small pictures show the position of the baby’s head, as if you were looking up the birth canal.

Figure 1.3 The starting position and the seven cardinal movements of the baby as it descends through the birth canal. The small pictures show the position of the baby’s head, as if you were looking up the birth canal. (Source: WHO, 2008, Midwifery Education Module: Managing Prolonged and Obstructed Labour, 2nd edn., Figure 1.5, page 23)

1.4 Mechanisms of normal labour

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