In preparation for the birth of your baby, your cervix effaces (thins and stretches) and dilates (opens) so your baby can fit through the birth canal. This cervical ripening can begin days or even ...

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 ...

As your due date approaches, you may be wondering how dilated your cervix is and if you are making progress toward delivery. While only your doctor can confirm cervical dilation, you can do a ...

A maternity hospital has shared a graph of Easter eggs depicting cervix dilation to help people understand what happens during birth. The graph, which was created by the parenting blog KalmaBaby, was ...

A MATERNITY ward has shared a rather creative way of educating mums-to-be on how dilated their cervix will become during labour. Using a selection of different sized Easter eggs, Royal Devon and ...

Chocolate eggs are apparently for more than just eating. One maternity service has shown how you can use all the different sizes to have an idea of how far your cervix is dilated in labour. The Royal ...