Nothing will prepare you for how you feel in the onset of labour but knowing what to expect will take away some of the fear of the unknown. The first stage The muscles of your uterus contract ...

Before labour really starts, there’s a bit called the latent phase. Latent basically means ‘not active’ so things have started ‘behind the scenes’. The latent stage is a very important part of labour ...

In a first labour, the second stage may last an hour or two; in subsequent pregnancies, it could be all over in ten minutes or less. When your baby's head appears at the entrance to the vagina and ...

In the first stage of labour it’s all about your cervix dilating. It needs to get to 10cm and to achieve this you’re going to need contractions. As they begin, here’s what to expect… Ever had cramp in ...

If you're pregnant and your due date is fast approaching, it's important to be able to recognize the signs that you're dilating and in labor. To help you better understand the stages of labor ...

If it's starting out a little dilated or if it started out closed, you go through the early stages of labor, which is usually about 0 to 4 centimeters of dilation and then after that, you enter ...

The Labour Party was founded in 1900 and its first leader, Keir Hardie, said he believed that all working people should receive a full education that was "free at all stages" and "open to everyone ...