Dilation and effacement are your body's way of getting ready for labor – your cervix gradually opens (dilates) and thins out (effaces) to help your baby make that grand entrance. This process ...

In any case, Cindrilla Chumduri is convinced: "Overall, the organoid model of the cervix offers great potential for further advances in the study of the biology of the female reproductive tract." ...

However, there is typically only anecdotal support for these practices. Dilation is the widening of the cervical opening. Increased dilation is a necessary physiological process for childbirth ...

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