Also, visit a healthcare professional about your period if: 1  You havenât gotten your first period by age 15. 2  You donât menstruate for more than 90 days. 3  Your periods start to be very irregular after having previously been regular. 4  Your period lasts for more than seven days. 5  Your menstrual flow is more heavy than usual.
This stage continues until your baby passes through the birth canal, vagina, and is born. This stage may last two hours or longer. Contractions may feel different from the first stage of labor -- they will slow to 2 to 5 minutes apart and last from about 60 to 90 seconds. You will feel a strong urge to push with your contractions.
The stronger the contractions the more you dilate. Often you could begin to dilate more after the water breaks and begin to have contractions and just stall. So again, it depends on your body. You have to be at least 3/12 or 4 cm before admittance to hospital to give birth.Or of course, if your contractions are 1-2 minutes a part! Yes, it's 10 cm to start pushing. However, if the baby is not in the birth canal some pushing may be required to help to get the baby in position.Again, that doesn't always help.he stronger the contractions the more you dilate. Often you could begin to dilate more after the water breaks and begin to have contractions and just stall. So again, it depends on your body. You have to be at least 3/12 or 4 cm before admittance to hospital to give birth.