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Labour – 7

Stages of Labour

Stage of Labour What you might feel/experience What you can do


Late Pregnancy/Pre-Labour • Tired of pregnancy • Keep rested
• Practice contractions and • Nesting urges • Cook extra meals and freeze them
cramping. • Restlessness • Organize birth supplies
• Possible dilation and • Increased Braxton Hicks Contractions
effacement happening • Loss of mucous plug
First Stage: Early Labour • Increased vaginal discharge • REST - Taking Gravol is safe for mom and baby
• Dilation 0-4cm • Diarrhea and can help a woman rest (dose: 2x50mg every
• Contractions irregular in • Cramping or tightening 6-8 hours)
frequency, length and • Bloody show or loss of mucous plug • Eat and Drink
intensity • Irregular contractions • Empty your bladder
• Ruptured membranes (can happen at • Have a bath or shower
any time throughout the process) • Get things ready
• Call your midwife (if daytime) to give her an
update
First Stage: Active Labour • Intense frequent contractions • Vary positions, alternating between rest and
• Dilation 4-8 cm • Increased need for support activity
• Contractions 3-5 mins • Need to concentrate on contractions • Have a bath or shower
apart, lasting 60-70 secs • Increased bloody show • Empty your bladder frequently
• Scared • Stay in the moment
• Page your midwife
Transition: • Fear that you can’t go on • Change positions frequently
• Dilation 8-10 cm • Increased need for emotional support • Stay in the moment
• Contractions 2-3mins • Increased rectal pressure • Remember that your contractions are strong
apart or less, lasting 60- • Shaky, cold, hot, nausea, vomiting because the baby is coming, and that you will
70 secs • Increased bloody show make it through
Second Stage: • Pressure in rectum and perineum • Position changes can help with descent of the
• Contractions 2-5 mins • Urge to push baby’s head
apart, lasting 60-70 secs • Stretching or burning sensation • Listen to your midwife’s directions for pushing
• Pushing 10 mins-3 hours • The baby’s head moving down • Try to relax your perineum and bum
Third Stage: • Contractions (many women are so • Follow your midwife’s directions for when to push,
• Birth of Placenta busy with their new baby that they to aid in the birth of the placenta.
don’t feel contractions)

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