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First stage: This starts with contractions and your cervix dilating and ends when your cervix is fully open. This stage is further broken down into latent phase and active phase. In early labor, your contractions are regular, but still quite far apart. Cervical dilation in latent labor is from 0 to 6 centimeters and the dilation is gradual. During the active phase of labor, your cervix will dilate more rapidly.
Second stage: This is when you push your baby through the birth canal.
Third stage: This ends with the delivery of the placenta, also called afterbirth.
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