Each baby birth is considered as unique as the baby it produces. However, the "classic" or traditional vaginal childbirth is often described by practitioners in three common tidy stages:
1. First Stage: Dilation and Effacement of the Cervix
a early phase
b. active phase
c. transition phase
2. Second Stage: Pushing and Birth
3. Third Stage: Delivery of the Placenta
1. First Stage: Dilation and Effacement of the Cervix
a early phase
b. active phase
c. transition phase
2. Second Stage: Pushing and Birth
3. Third Stage: Delivery of the Placenta
The big question is how long does the whole process last? it is different from one mother to another. For example, for first-time mothers, the average is taken 14 hours, though of course sometimes it can be much longer or much shorter. On the another hand, moms who have given birth before, the average labor and delivery lasts around eight hours.
This video shows you these three tidy stages in 3D animation.