Childbirth is also known as labour and delivery. is the ending of a pregnancy bu one or more babies leaving a women’s uterus by vaginal passage of Caesarean section.

The most commonly way of childbirth is a vaginal delievery. It envolves three stages of labour: the shortening and opening of the cervix, descent and birth of the baby, and the dielvery of the placenta. The first stage typically lasts twelve to nineteen hours, the second stage twenty minutes to two hours, and the third stage five to thirty minutes.
Most babies born head first, however about 4% are born feet or buttock first, known as breech.
Each year, complications from pregnancy and childbirth result in about 500,000 maternal deaths, 7 million women have serious long term problems, and 50 million women have negative healt outcomes following delivery.

If your pregnancy is going well, your first ultrasound scan will be your dating scan, between 10 weeks and 14 weeks of pregnancy. An early scan is offered from six weeks, so before your dating scan, Many hospitals have early pregnancy assessment units that run daily.

The arrival of your baby lights up your home. But when it comes to caring for your new born, you may be caught unaware, as your baby come with a “handle me with care” tag that you may not be able to fully understand.

Pregnancy, also known as gestation, is the time during which one or more offspring develops inside a woman. A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Pregnancy can occur by sexual intercourse or assisted reproductive technology. Childbirth typically occurs around 40 weeks from the last menstrual period (LMP). This is just over nine months, where each month averages 29½ days.When measured from fertilization it is about 38 weeks.

Some moms find breastfeeding easier and quicker than formula feeding — it needs no preparation and you don’t run out of breast milk in the middle of the night. Also, breastfeeding costs little. Nursing mothers do need to eat more and may want to buy nursing bras and pads, a breast pump, or other equipment. But these expenses are generally less than the cost of formula.