Study to Determine if Monitoring of Labor Shortens the Time to Delivery

Inclusion Criteria: * The patient must be ≥ 18 years old * Nulliparous * Singleton fetus in vertex presentation * Gestational age 36-0/7 or more * Reassuring fetal heart tracing Exclusion Criteria: * Any significant medical condition which in the Investigator's opinion may interfere with the patient's optimal participation in the study * Low lying placenta (edge 3cm or less from cervix) * Known or suspected fetal or maternal infection * Maternal thrombocytopenia (platelet count \<100,000) * Maternal bleeding disorder * Women with previous uterine surgery * Known major fetal malformation * Suspected fetal growth restriction (EFW\<10th percentile) * Subjects with significant psychiatric history * Major maternal morbidity (e.g. major cardiac disease) * Subjects with indication for immediate delivery * Limit on cervical dilation (e.g., up to 7 cm.) * Prolonged rupture of membranes (i.e., \> 24 hours)