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Back pain is common
during the pregnancy. But a severe and achy back is also a common
symptom during the labor. A woman may get crampy feeling just like
her pre period days. As she gets labor pain, her back pain would also
increase in the intensity. The added pain during the labor is due to
change in her cervical position. While pregnant woman will go through
following four stages of labor:
Stage 1: It marks the beginning of
labor to full cervix dilation
Stage 2: It marks full cervix dilation
to the delivery
Stage 3: It marks delivery of baby to
expulsion of placenta
Stage 4: It marks expulsion of placenta
to afterbirth recovery
Cervix of a woman is a point where the
vagina and the womb meet. It is the joining line of the vagina and
the uterus. Uterus is the place where the implantation of the baby
takes place. Cervical dilation is the term used for the preparation
for opening of cervix for child birth.
A baby just before
the labor is quite large to come out from the mother's womb. The
vagina and the cervix in normal state doesn't have the opening more
than 2-4 cm. While the baby develops inside the uterus, the cervix
also tends to get prepared for delivery of the baby from the womb. It
lowers down a bit first and then becomes rigid and go back to the
normal position to hold the baby.
While the baby develops inside the
womb, the uterine contractions make the cervix prepared for
stretching of up to ten centimeters. This is called the complete
dilation of cervix and the baby comes out normally. In this process
the cervical lines also thin down which is called effacement. During
dilation, cervix forms a mucus membrane and also remain tighten to
hold the baby preventing from premature birth.
While in some abnormal cases, the
cervix becomes weak and loosens which increase the risk of premature
birth of the baby. If this condition happens the cervix opens up
early and the delivery of the baby happens before time. It is a very
critical condition. To stop such premature birth or to make the
cervix strong to hold the baby till it completes the period in the
mother’s womb, doctors perform a stitching act called cerclage to
prevent the baby from coming out.
Thus the delivery time depends largely
on the cervical position, while a pregnant woman goes through labor.
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