A midwife at a PHC did per vaginal examination of a women in labor with 8 cm cervical dilation and 70% cervical effacement with the fetal head at +1 station. This +1 station implies the position of fetal head is-
(A) 1 cm above the ischial spine (B) 1 cm below the ischial spine (C) At the level of ischial spine (D) 1 cm below the cervical os
(B) Answer-B. 1 cm below the ischial spineStation describes descent of the fetal biparietal diameter in relation to a line drawn between maternal ischial spines. Thus+1 station implies fetal head is 1 cm below the ischial spine.