Stages of labour
Labour is traditionally divided into four stages:
- The first stage of labour (the cervical opening stage)
- The second stage of labour (the pushing stage, ending in the birth of the baby)
- The third stage of labour (the birth of the placenta)
- The fourth stage of labour (the first 4 hours after birth).
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