A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . Fig. 38.—Expressing the placenta by the method of Fig. 40.—Inspecting the placenta. STAGES OF LABOR. 79 any interval between them, and finally, with a sharp, agonizedshriek, the head is born and the mother lies gasping for breathand sighing contentedly. One or two more pains are enough toeffect the birth of the body, and practically all of the laboris over. The Phenomena of the Third Stage.—Towards the endof the second stage the placenta has become detached from theuterine wall and lies loosely in the womb or partly in the the birth of th
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics . Fig. 38.—Expressing the placenta by the method of Fig. 40.—Inspecting the placenta. STAGES OF LABOR. 79 any interval between them, and finally, with a sharp, agonizedshriek, the head is born and the mother lies gasping for breathand sighing contentedly. One or two more pains are enough toeffect the birth of the body, and practically all of the laboris over. The Phenomena of the Third Stage.—Towards the endof the second stage the placenta has become detached from theuterine wall and lies loosely in the womb or partly in the the birth of the child the uterus contracts firmly on theplacenta, and there is a period of from ten to thirty minutes inwhich no pains occur and the exhausted muscles rest from theirexertions. A little blood trickles from the vagina, and finally,with one short and not very severe pain, the placenta and mem-branes are expelled and the uterus contracts firmly and per-manently. The total duration of labor in normal cases averagesabout ten hours, the greater part of which time is taken up bythe first
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