Hanna is having her first child.She has done the reading on childbirth and knows that she will have completed the first stage of labor when her doctor tells her that
A) the baby's head has moved through the cervix into the vaginal canal.
B) dilation of the cervix has begun.
C) the baby has left the mother's body.
D) effacement has begun.

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The first stage of labor is completed when the cervix is fully dilated, allowing the baby's head to move through the cervix into the vaginal canal. This stage encompasses both the beginning of cervical dilation and effacement until the cervix is fully open at 10 centimeters, ready for the baby to move into the birth canal for delivery.

Hanna Is Having Her First Child