Every confirmed pregnancy has to end up in birth; whether birthing child that is alive or still birth (dead child). The process of birth is complicated but then too, one has to understand it wholly.

Pregnancy and birth procedure

The early phase is oftentimes known as the latent period or pre labor. The uterus will start to contract or tight regularly and the contractions eventually turn more painful, unlike the Braxton Hicks contractions that were irregular and did not hurt. Every pregnant woman has her own rhythm and pace of labor. Some might not even be aware of such very early contractions and are several centimeters distended before they realize they are getting into labor.

Pregnancy and birth has great relationship. As the cervix starts getting opened, its position in the pregnant woman’s pelvis changes and it moves forward. It will then soften and efface that means that it gets thinner and springier and this time, the woman can feel her nose: it is firm and muscular! Now here, the lips are soft and stretchy; you should understand that the cervix starts out firm like the nose, and has to turn soft and stretchy like the lips.

In the 2nd stage, once the cervix starts dilating to ten centimeters, the work and excitation of the 2nd stage begin; this is the stage of labor when the uterus pushes the infant down to the vagina (oftentimes known as the birth canal) into the world and, at long last, the mother meets him or her for the very first time. There is often a lull at the end of the 1st stage when the contractions cease and the mother and her baby can rest for a while.

When the contractions begin again, the mother feels the pressure of her infant's head between her legs. With every contraction and every jerk, the baby moves down through the pelvis a little, but when the contractions end, the fetus slips back up again! However, at this stage, the mother should not despair. As long as the unborn keeps on moving on a bit ahead each time, the mother will do fine. When the infant’s head is far down in the pelvis then it stretches the opening of the vagina and then, the mother probably feels a hot, stinging sensations and the obstetrician will tell her that her baby's head has "crowned".

As the baby's head starts to be born, the mother might be asked to stop pushing and gently pant as this will make sure that the baby is born gently and calmly, and should reduce the risks of getting tearing.

In the last stage, the mother delivers the placenta - the baby's life-support system that had supplied the infant with all the nourishment, and used to take waste products away from it, as it had grown inside the mother. After the infant is born, contractions resume after some minutes, but this time, it is at a very lesser intensity. Such contractions cause the placenta peeling away from the walls of the uterus and drop down into the bottom of the uterus. The mother will probably feel that she wants to push. The placenta, along with the membranes of that empty bag of waters adhered then passes down and out of the vagina. The obstetrician carefully examines the placenta and membranes for making sure that nothing has been left inside. Then, the tummy is also being examined to check that the uterus is contracting harder in order that stops the bleeding from the site where the placenta was adhered.

Pregnancy and birth goes further as delivering the placenta generally takes from 5-15 minutes, but it might take up to an hour! It all depends upon whether the mother has a managed or natural 3rd stage. Most of the pregnant women might get surprised at how much easier it was to deliver the placenta as compared to pushing the baby out. The woman might want to have a look at this extremely important organ, which has had supported her cutie pie throughout the pregnancy.