23-year-old primipara at 39 gestational weeks was admitted for induction via oxytocin. Currently, she is 100% effaced and 10 cm dilated. An internal fetal spinal electrode and intrauterine pressure catheter were placed. Uterine contractions are now 2 to 2.5 minutes apart, 70 to 90 seconds in duration. The fetal heart tracing showed a decrease in the fetal heart rate following the uterine contraction. This pattern was present more than 50% of the uterine contractions.

• Oxytocin via continuous infusion