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The third stage of labour
The third stage of labour is the delivery of the placenta – the baby’s life-support system that has supplied your baby with oxygen and nutrients, and taken waste products away. The third stage of labour After the baby is born, contractions resume after a few minutes, but at a much lesser intensity (although they can…
The second stage of labour
The second stage of labour begins when the cervix is fully dilated and your baby passes through your open cervix, down the birth canal and out into the world. Once your cervix has opened fully, there’s sometimes a lull when the contractions die down or stop. This period is know as the ‘rest and be…
Established labour – When should you go into hospital?
If you are having a hospital birth, a question that a lot of pregnant women ask if and when established labour is happening “when should you go into hospital” and their partners are keen to know the answer too, but in fact there isn’t really a definitive answer. When should you go into hospital? It…
The first stage of labour
After days or weeks of impatiently waiting for labour to start, it can be difficult to tell just when the first stage of labour begins. If you are experiencing regular, mild contractions these could be Braxton Hicks (practice) contractions, or the beginning of a stop and start labour, or the real thing. Technically speaking, you’re…
