Childbirth: How long?
Women are all different. The length of birth varies from 2 to... more than 20 hours! In any case you necessarily pass through the following steps.
Contractions
You rush to motherhood, if they come back every 5 minutes within an hour. On arrival the midwife checks the opening of your cervix which is an average of 5 centimeters. Below this figure, you will be returned home. More than 5 cm, you will stay in the maternity and begin the countdown of your birth.
Preparation
Firstly, you are put into a delivery room. The midwife is there for you to explain how your delivery will unfold, she prepares you for regular monitoring the frequency of your contractions and dilation of your cervix. At this stage, often you have a few more hours ahead. It is the longest period of birth. If you chose to give birth under epidural, this is when you'll be offered anesthesia.
Expulsion
It's always the midwife or your gynecologist, who controls your contractions and the opening of your cervix. They will decide when to make the final push and give birth to your baby. This stage lasts for a few minutes in most cases but in some women this phase of expulsion may take up to 3 hours!
The issue
Your baby in your arms and yet your delivery is not completed. You need to expel the placenta. A step that often goes unnoticed by happy moms who take their babies in their arms and do not even notice the midwives who still bustling around them.
But sometimes the placenta does not come off: the obstetrician or midwife must then perform a "uterus". After you have lightly anesthetized, they go hand in your uterus to get the placenta, which could cause bleeding if left in place.
Well... Delivery is completed and after two hours of observation you can finally go to your room. On average, starting with the first regular contractions and delivery, you spend 10 hours. But you've understood that this is not 10 hours of work. For you and for the future dad, all those minutes will go surprisingly fast.
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