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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2023 Jul-Sep;37(3):214–222. doi: 10.1097/JPN.0000000000000670

Table 1.

Ten-Group Classification System

1 Nulliparous women with a single cephalic pregnancy,
≥ 37 weeks gestation in spontaneous labor
2a Nulliparous women with a single cephalic pregnancy,
≥ 37 weeks gestation who had labor induced
2b Nulliparous women with a single cephalic pregnancy,
≥37 weeks gestation who were delivered by cesarean section before labor
3 Multiparous women without a previous uterine scar, with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥37 weeks gestation in spontaneous labor
4a Multiparous women without a previous uterine scar, with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥37 weeks gestation who had labor induced
4b Multiparous women without a previous uterine scar, with a single cephalic pregnancy, ≥ 37 weeks gestation who were delivered by cesarean section before labor
5 All multiparous women with at least one previous uterine scar,
with a single cephalic pregnancy ≥37 weeks gestation
6 All nulliparous women with a single breech pregnancy
7 All multiparous women with a single breech pregnancy,
including women with previous uterine scar
8 All women with multiple pregnancies,
including women with previous uterine scars
9 All women with a single pregnancy with a transverse or oblique lie,
including women with previous uterine scars
10 All women with a single cephalic pregnancy < 37 weeks gestation,
including women with previous uterine scars