In preparation for the birth of your baby, your cervix effaces (thins and stretches) and dilates (opens) so your baby can fit through the birth canal. This cervical ripening can begin days or even ...

Tricia Brockway, a labor and delivery nurse whose mission is to empower women through information, recently drummed up a dilation chart that's easy to understand. In an enlightening Instagram post, ...

IT’S common knowledge that in order for a woman to start pushing during childbirth, her cervix needs to dilate to ten centimetres wide – but it’s hard to visualise just how big that is. But an image ...

Dilation and effacement are your body's way of getting ready for labor – your cervix gradually opens (dilates) and thins out (effaces) to help your baby make that grand entrance. This process can ...

Cervical dilation means the cervix opens up to allow the baby to move from the uterus into the birth canal. Signs that your cervix is dilating include losing your mucus plug, a bloody show, and ...

Near the end of pregnancy, the cervix softens to help prepare for labor. If your cervix isn't softening naturally, there are safe ways to encourage it at home. Always consult with your healthcare ...

The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has come up with an innovative way to demonstrate to women in labour how dilated their cervix is - or will be - using a variety of chocolate Easter eggs. The cervix ...

How does any expectant mum know when a baby is really on the way? The joys of childbirth are a unique experience but there are many clues to watch out for. And one maternity service has given some ...

Shared on Facebook by American singer-songwriter Steffanie Christi'an - the image shoes a circular wooden board with ten circles each representing the stages of a dilating cervix IT’S common knowledge ...

The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital has come up with an innovative way to demonstrate to women in labour how dilated their cervix is - or will be - using a variety of chocolate Easter eggs. The cervix ...