Chapter 8 (Signs of labor)

In this chapter it really frightened me to know whats going to happen when I'm in labor. This chapter taught me a lot about going into labor and what I should do when this happens. Knowing a few things about "Early Labor" can be easier when you know more about it instead finding out late. I learned that your uterus has to be 3 to 5 cm wide in order to have the baby come out. I also read the signs of labor is when you feel gush of warm water coming out of your uterus and when you start to have contractions about every 10 minutes in an hour, those are signs that the baby is on its way. Knowing all these information made me more complex because I won't have to worry about panicking when something goes wrong. Its like knowing all the specific and important information's before it occurs at that exact time. I thought this was a great thing to know so when I'm having contractions I should count the time from the beginning of the contraction to the beginning of the next contraction. I know now that if it was real labor then the contractions won't go away. The last thing that stood out to me was that when I go in my mid-wife would have to know what my interval and duration of my contractions.