Keep reading to learn more about cervical dilation and effacement, the signs you're dilating, and how to check. Cervical ...

While only your doctor can confirm cervical dilation, you can do a self-check to get an idea of what's going on. This guide provides a step-by-step process for checking your own cervical dilation at ...

The Friedman curve, the gold standard for rates of cervical dilation and fetal descent during active labor, was developed almost 50 years ago. To define a modern curve for normal labor ...

No literature exists proving cervical dilation occurs with menses. Moreover, the expulsion rate and rates of discontinuation for bleeding, pain, and pregnancy are lower if insertions are performed ...

Josseli Barnica grieved the news as she lay in a Houston hospital bed on Sept. 3, 2021: The sibling she’d dreamt of giving ...

Avery Davis Bell suffered a second-trimester miscarriage. While she lay bleeding in a hospital bed, she had to wait for ...

652 women were in studies that measured labor progress using the Bishop score (a numerical evaluation of cervical dilation during labor). In this group, using EPO significantly increased the ...

In previous research on labor duration and outcomes, there has been less emphasis on the latent phase of the first stage of ...

A Georgia mother nearly lost her life and is dealing with lasting health problems after the state’s ban on abortion caused a delay in her receiving medical care for her miscarriage. Avery Davis Bell's ...

The calving process, or parturition, occurs in three stages, namely dilation of the cervix, delivery of the calf, and the afterbirth or placenta. It is worth noting that if this process does not ...

Massage Therapy Reduces Pain and Anxiety During Labor In a recent randomized clinical trial, researchers aimed to determine the most effective cervical dilation stage for applying massage therapy ...

Voters are amending their state constitutions to protect reproductive freedom—and discovering the limitations of these ...