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Objective: Several authors’ associate female genital circumcision with obstructed and prolonged labour, but the World Health Organization recently stated that no scientific evidence confirms such a relationship. The object of this study was to compare the duration of the second stage of labour between circumcised and non-circumcised women in a high-income community in Europe. Methods: Sixty-eight circumcised nulliparous women originally from the Horn of Africa were compared to a group of 2486 non-circumcised nulliparous who gave birth at a university hospital setting in Sweden, 1990- 1996. Defibulation was routinely performed during labour. Findings: Circumcised women were found to have had second stage labour, which was significantly statistically shorter (35/53 min, respectively, p ≤ 0.001) and a lower risk of prolonged labour than the noncircumcised group. Conclusions: Prolonged labour does not seem to be associated to female genital circumcision in affluent societies with high standards of obstetric care.
Objective: Several authors’ associate female genital circumcision with obstructed and prolonged labor, but the World Health Organization recently said that no scientific evidence confirms such a relationship. The object of this study was to compare the duration of the second stage of laborers circumcised and non-circumcised women in a high-income community in Europe. Methods: Sixty-eight circumcised nulliparous women originally from the Horn of Africa were compared to a group of 2486 non-circumcised nulliparous who gave birth at a university hospital setting in Sweden, 1990 - 1996. Defdings were routinely performed during labor. Findings: Circumcised women were found to have had second stage labor, which was significantly worse (35/53 min, respectively, p ≤ 0.001) and a lower risk of prolonged labor than the noncircumcised group. Conclusions: Prolonged labor does not seem to be associated to female genital circumcision in affluent societies with high st andards of obstetric care.