Video - Stages of labor
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Labor is the process by which the fetus and placenta leave a woman’s uterus, thereby ending the pregnancy. It occurs roughly 40 weeks after the beginning of the last menstrual period. Vaginal delivery involves three stages of labor: the shortening and opening of the cervix, descent and birth of the baby, and the delivery of the placenta.
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