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Contractions come at regular intervals, increasing in strength, length and frequency.
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Transition finishes the work of the first stage. The cervix is fully dialated
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Contractions during the second stage push the baby through the pelvis as it starts to crown
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The head emerges firt and it changes shape to pass through better.
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In the third stage the placenta emerges
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The blood left behind the umbilical and placenta following birth
