FOUNDATIONAL TERM
Stages of labour
产程
Stages covering cervical change, birth, and placental delivery.
Study this concept in context
61 · Birth, postpartum recovery and family adjustment
Birth ends pregnancy within the uterus and begins another period of physiological and family change. Understanding labour, healing, and warning signs helps families support the recovering parent as well as the baby.
Sources
- NHS: Stages of labour and birth
- StatPearls: Uterine atony
- NHS: Your body after birth
- StatPearls: Postpartum physiology
- NIMH: Perinatal depression
- CDC: Urgent maternal warning signs
Definitions come from the published lessons. Read the linked lesson for mechanisms, conditions and examples.