Dilation and effacement are terms that doctors and other birth professionals use to describe the changes in the cervix that are required for vaginal birth. Even if you've heard these terms, you may ...

The cervix dilates (opens) during the first stage of labor to prepare for the baby's birth. Cervical dilation is measured from 1 to 10 centimeters. You are ready to push and deliver when the cervix ...

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 ...

As your due date approaches, you may be wondering how dilated your cervix is and if you are making progress toward delivery. While only your doctor can confirm cervical dilation, you can do a ...

Near the end of the third trimester, the cervix will soften in order to begin the process of effacing (thinning and stretching) and dilating (opening up) in preparation for your baby's birth. An open ...

Shared on Facebook by American singer-songwriter Steffanie Christi'an - the image shoes a circular wooden board with ten circles each representing the stages of a dilating cervix IT’S common knowledge ...

Things that unfold in the labour room are quite unpredictable and most of the times they don t go as planned. This is why many women who plan for a vaginal birth might have to undergo a c-section ...

Childbirth is an overwhelming experience. A lot of it depends on your cervix slowly opening up so your baby can come out. Usually, when you’re in labour, your cervix goes from closed to dilating about ...

A maternity hospital has shared a graph of Easter eggs depicting cervix dilation to help people understand what happens during birth. The graph, which was created by the parenting blog KalmaBaby, was ...