Pregnancy is a journey filled with milestones, from the first heartbeat to the anatomy scan. During these check-ups, your doctor may mention "cervical length." While it might sound like just another ...

Dilation and effacement are terms that doctors and other birth professionals use to describe the changes in the cervix that are required for vaginal birth. Even if you've heard these terms, you may ...

David A. Becker MD, Timothy N. Dunn MD, Jeff M. Szychowski PhD, John Owen MD, MSH for the Center for Women’s Reproductive Health and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at ...

Pregnancy can be a strange time, whether it's your first child or not. With daily changes going on in the body, hormones flying about all over the place, pregnancy cravings running wild and ...

Cervical dilation means the cervix opens up to allow the baby to move from the uterus into the birth canal. Signs that your cervix is dilating include losing your mucus plug, a bloody show, and ...