Patients who are not yet in active labor (in the absence of fetal distress meconium or clinical infection) may be discharged for 48 hours and labor usually follows.

• 尚未进入产程活跃期胎膜早破的患者（若没有胎儿窘迫，羊水粪染或临床感染等情况）可出院48小时，等待产程来临。