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 can ...

Being dilated to 1 centimeter is an early indication that the cervix is preparing for labor. Still, it does not predict when labor will begin, as the time frame varies greatly among individuals.

- a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or ...

Perinatal deaths are attributable to pregnancy-induced hypertension including pre-eclampsia. Both endothelial injury and increased vascular reactivity have been reported to be involved in the ...