PHASES OF PARTURITION
- PHASE 1 (QUIESCENCE)
- prelude to parturition
- contractile unresponsiveness cervical softening
- PHASE 2 (ACTIVATION)
- preparation for labor
- uterine preparedness for labour, cervical ripening
3.PHASE 3 (STIMULATION)
- processes of labor
- uterine contraction, cervical dilation, fetal and placenta expulsion
- PHASE 4 (INVOLUTION)
- parturient recovery
- uterine involution, cervical repair, breastfeeding