Labour - Learn more
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Labour is the process through which a baby is delivered from a woman’s womb to the outside world. Stages of labour that pregnant women commonly experience include uterine contractions, dilation of the cervix and the rupturing of foetal membranes to release amniotic fluid, or ‘water breaking’.
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