Sandbox
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| Stage | Info | Picture |
| 1st stage' | **Latent ***Passage of cervical mucous plug ***Slow dilation to 3 cm **Active ***Rapid cervical dilation from 3 cm to 10 cm **~8 hours in primiparous and ~5 hours in multiparous | |
| 2nd stage' | **Cervix fully dilated **Urge to push **Expulsion of infant **~20 - 50 minutes | |
| 3rd stage' | **Placental delivery **~20 minutes ***>18 minutes increases risk of postpartum hemorrhage with >30 minutes conferring very increased risk | |
| 4th stage' | **1st hour after placental delivery **Period of time with highest risk for postpartum hemorrhage |