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How do you get through to pregnant teens? Show them a program that focuses specifically on the birth experiences of other teens. This special version of The Stages of Labor is made just for teens—with modern animation and graphics, all-teen births, and a teen narrator. Easy-to-understand 3D animation of the labor process, real video segments showing teen parents in labor, and personal interviews create a program that’s proven to engage and inform young adult viewers.

Program Benefits:

• What to expect – from pre-labor signs to breastfeeding
• Is it time? – how to tell true labor from warm-up labor
• 3D animation – shows how contractions thin and open the cervix
• Mood swings – common emotions for each stage of labor
• Productive pain – what different stage contractions feel like

Topics Include:

• Anatomy of Pregnancy & Pre-Labor Signs – warm-up contractions (Braxton-Hicks), signs of preterm labor, lightening, release of the mucous plug, nesting, other signs
• Onset of Labor & The Three Stages of Labor – timing contractions, water breaks, COAT, labor overview
• First Stage: Early Labor, Active Labor, & Transition – contractions, duration, dilation, effacement, emotions, what to expect, labor support, when to go to the hospital, internal rotation, fetal position
• Second Stage: Pushing & Birth – contractions, duration, emotions, support, pelvic station, bony plates, crowning, cutting the cord
• Third Stage – delivery of the placenta, afterpains, breastfeeding

The Stages of Labor: A Visual Guide for Teens  is also available in a standard (non-teen version).

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