10 min
Episode 132: What Baby Experiences During Labor Finding Your Village
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- Parenting
In episode 128, we talked about the phases and stages of labor and we mainly focused on the mother’s experience. In today’s episode, we are going to focus more on the baby’s experience and what gets labor going.In this episode we discuss:What Starts Labor:The uterus goes through hormonal and physical changes to prepare for labor and delivery.The baby's maturing organs produce surfactant, which sends signals to start labor.Oxytocin hormone causes uterine contractions that lead to cervical dila...
In episode 128, we talked about the phases and stages of labor and we mainly focused on the mother’s experience. In today’s episode, we are going to focus more on the baby’s experience and what gets labor going.In this episode we discuss:What Starts Labor:The uterus goes through hormonal and physical changes to prepare for labor and delivery.The baby's maturing organs produce surfactant, which sends signals to start labor.Oxytocin hormone causes uterine contractions that lead to cervical dila...
10 min