When contractions are about five minutes apart and the cervix, the baby's passageway out of the uterus, has opened to a diameter of about four centimeters (1.5 inches), the mother has entered what ...

They may tell you how your cervix is changing, along with the baby's "station." You might assume these are signs you'll go into labor soon—but actually, they're not. You can be dilated 3 ...

went for a check-up at 21 weeks pregnant and discovered that one of her baby’s feet had slipped out of her cervix. Doctors warned that once contractions began, there was a high risk of ...

they are usually every 3 – 5 minutes and the cervix is dilating pretty frequently from about 1.2 to 1.5 centimeters an hour, depending on whether it's your first baby or you've had a baby before.

The uterus is a muscular bag with a soft lining. The uterus is where a baby develops until birth. The cervix is a ring of muscle at the lower end of the uterus. It keeps the baby in place during ...