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Stage 1: Dilation
Stage 2: Delivery
Stage 3: Afterbirth
Stage 4: Recovery
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4 stages of labor
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You'll make plenty of decisions during pregnancy, and choosing whether to give birth in a hospital or a birth center is an important one.
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You have many decisions to make when you are expecting a baby. One of the first is to decide what kind of health care provider you want for your pregnancy care and the birth of your baby. You may choose an:
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4 stages of labor
Learn more about what to expect during each of the 4 stages of labor
Whether this is your first pregnancy or not, you may not be aware of everything that happens to your body during labor. Labor happens in four stages:
First stage: Dilation of
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A Virginia couple had to give birth to their first child in the bathtub at home — because, they say, they were sent home after trying to get admitted to a hospital.
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Natural childbirth is certainly a hotly debated topic. There are those who wonder why with the advent of epidural anesthesia someone would choose not to have pain-relieving medications in labor. There are others who aren't sure what they want and
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Normal birth can be pain free
Sheila Barratt-Smith tells Denise Winn that the images and language used to describe birth can determine whether a woman experiences pain – or euphoria.
Winn: Sheila, I'm looking at a few testimonials from mothers who came during their pregnancies to your GentleBirth classes. This is from
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who specializes in general obstetrics and gynecology, chose natural childbirth for her third pregnancy . She wanted to have the firsthand experience, which helps her relate even better to patients.
In the U.S., giving birth with an epidural has become the norm. Approximately 73% of U.S. laboring patients used