Pregnancy And Baby Care Pregnancy Labor Pregnancy Labor Stages

... referred to as labor pains. Labor can be divided into three subsections which are listed below:

• In the first subsection, pregnant women experience minor contractions. The gap between two strokes of contractions is generally twenty minutes apart.
• The second subsection of labor is an active phase in which the contraction lasts for sixty seconds or so, two stokes of contractions being four to five minutes apart.
• The last subsection of labor is the most critical. It lasts for about one or two minutes. It causes severe pain and may also cause the person to vomit.

Second Stage of Pregnancy Labor

The second stage of pregnancy labor is the pushing stage. Pregnant women are ask to apply maximum force and pressure in order to push the baby out of the uterus. This is the stage where a woman delivers the baby. The pushing stage is extremely painful and is accompanied by immense bleeding from the uterus. The endometrium lining of the uterus which was created to nourish the baby for nine months has served its purpose at this stage; it then breaks. This stage may last for three to four hours, and sometimes even more.

Third Stage of Pregnancy Labor

The next phase of the labor is the delivery of the placenta. Placenta can be referred to as the lining that connects the mother and the baby in the womb or uterus. The major purpose of the placenta is to keep the mother and baby connected. It also serves to supply nutrition from the mother to the baby. Once the baby is delivered, the placenta is expelled out of the mother’s body within minutes.

Last Stage of Pregnancy Labor

The last stage is the post partum stage in which the woman’s body undergoes a lot of changes in order to recover its normal physique. The body of the woman returns to the normal state, like it used to be in the pre-pregnancy phase, though not exactly the same.

These are the four stages of labor. Labor is the toughest task that a woman ever performs in her lifetime. It is essential that proper care is given to the expecting mother. All relevant precautions must be taken during the labor phase.