Cervical Dilation
Cervical dilation is the opening of the cervical neck, the entrance to the cervical, during birth, miscarriage, induced abortion or gynecological surgery. Cervical dilation can be natural or induced by surgical or medical means.
In the final stages of pregnancy, the cervix can already be opened up to 1 cm (or more under rarer circumstances), but during labor repeated cervix leads to further expansion of the cervix about 6 inches.
From this moment on, the pressure exerted by presentation (head during summit births or births in the seat), along with cervical contractions, will dilate the cervical collar to 10 inches, which is ′′ complete ′′ ". Cervical dilation is accompanied by erasure, thinning of the collar.
General instructions for cervical dilation:
Latent phase: 0-3 inches
Active work: 4-7 inches
Transition: 8-10 inches
Complete: 10 inches. Childbirth takes place shortly after this stage (although the mother doesn’t always grow right away).