In preparation for the birth of your baby, your cervix effaces (thins and stretches) and dilates (opens) so your baby can fit through the birth canal. This cervical ripening can begin days or even ...

In contemporary practice, most providers aim to admit women to the labor unit when cervical dilation is expected to become more rapid (i.e., at the onset of the active phase of labor). Authors of ...

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Pregnancy labor can be very painful and terrible. If you are pregnant, knowing a few things can make labor easy and go through a delivery with much ease. It will, of course, be helpful when you are ...

I don't know local news anchor Virginia Kerr personally, but I know that when her cervix was six centimeters during labor yesterday, she felt nauseated and minor pain. Parenting columnist Aisha Sultan ...

Jeremy L. Neal, CNM, RNC, PhD; Nancy K. Lowe, CNM, PhD; Karen L. Ahijevych, RN, PhD; Thelma E. Patrick, RN, PhD; Lori A. Cabbage, CNM, FNP, MSN; Elizabeth J. Corwin ...