2.5 hours). Among the current study's patients, labor lasting more than 2 hours without apparent change was not uncommon before 7 cm of dilation. Friedman described 3 stages in the active phase ...

If it's starting out a little dilated or if it started out closed, you go through the early stages of labor, which is usually about 0 to 4 centimeters of dilation and then after that, you enter ...

The first stage includes early and active labor, running from the time contractions begin to when the cervix becomes fully dilated. Active pushing begins in the second stage of labor through the ...