Though labor feels different for everyone, the stage where the baby is crowning is the most intense and physically active.
Having a child can be a labor of love, literally. And everyone will experience it differently. Here's what to expect if it's your first time giving birth.
The first stage of labor is when you start feeling regular contractions until you are 10 cm dilated. It can last anywhere fromBut it's the second stage of labor when you can expect the most pain. The second stage of labor encompasses that time that your spending pushing at 10 cm until the baby is delivered. TheEuan Wallace
, the former director of obstetrics services at Monash Health in Australia, the second stage is where severe cramping or a gripping sensation in the abdomen may come in. Wallace says many women complain of back pain during the second stage, which could indicate the way the baby is positioned — babies facing up tend to causeOn a scale of one to ten, Wallace says some women describe labor pain as a minimum two or three, while others feel it as a ten.
also matters. Squatting may reduce labor pain and shorten the second stage of labor. Sitting positions are associated with less labor pain and shortened second stage of labor, but increased blood loss and obstetric anal sphincter injury.
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