First Stage Labor Transition Time Frame

Video Transcript

"So, this is the time frame for transition. Here you're dilating from eight to ten centimeters, that means that your cervix is going to be fully open to ten, at the end of transition. Your contractions here, are going to be maybe two to five minutes apart, lasting sixty to ninety seconds. Sometimes it's going to feel like contractions are right on top of each other, because they are right on top of each other. Things get really crazy and very intense! Here's the good news about transition, the time frame is only ten minutes to one hour. So, transition, luckily is very, very short, which is great because it's very hard work. Now, this is what's actually happening to your cervix, as you remember when you started, you were at zero. You were right here, now you started from eight to ten, so this is actually the size of your cervix, it is going to be fully dilated to ten. You're also going to be completely effaced, everything is going to be completely opened. So, this is really good to visualize this, that this is how wide you're actually getting at that last stage. So, this is what's happening in the time frame of transition, and also if you have not had any drugs at this point, you can make it because you're almost there to pushing. In less than an hour, you're going to be pushing. So, if you've made it this far, you can make it all the way without any drugs. So, these are the time frames for transition."