Uterocervical Angle: a Screening Tool That Estimates the Latent Phase Duration in Post Term Pregnancies

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with singleton pregnancies * Post term pregnancies * Patients with vertex presentation, * Patients with intact membranes * Patients with no uterine contractions Exclusion Criteria: * women with BMI \>30, * multiparity and multiple pregnancies, * patients with macrosomia (\>4500 gr), * patients with major fetal congenital abnormality or fetal death and any contraindications to vaginal birth (e.g. active genital herpes), * patients with abnormal Pap smears, * patients with a history of previous cesarean section, myomectomy, hysteroscopic surgeries, dilatation and curettages, loop electrosurgical excision procedures, and cervical conization.