23/09/2025
🌸 STAGES OF LABOR 🌸
1️⃣ First Stage
💫 Early labor – cervix begins to open
⚡ Active labor – stronger contractions
🌸 Transition – cervix fully dilated (10 cm)
2️⃣ Second Stage
🤰 Pushing begins
👶 Baby moves through birth canal
❤️ Baby is delivered
3️⃣ Third Stage
💧 Placenta is delivered (“afterbirth”)
✅ Uterus contracts to recover