NormalLaborXIEMEIQING29092006.pptVIP

Normal LaborXIE MEIQING29/09/2006; Labor means the process of the birth,which is finished by the effective coordination of uterine contractions and pushing-down efforts, the lower segment stretching, effacement and dilatation of cervix. It is a process. Labor begins from the onset of uterine contraction and terminate with the expulsion of the products of pregnancy.;There is another term—delivery,which describes the phenominum of the actual expulsion of the products: fetus and placenta.But it has the same meaning as labor in Chinese.;?Several definitionsabortion: 28 wee