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A woman can either give birth by having a cesarean section (c-section) or a vaginal labor.

A c-section is the delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the mother's abdomen and uterus. Sometimes a physician requires that a mother has a C-section, rather than a vaginal labor, due to a health issue or threat. Other times, C-sections occur if there is a complication during a vaginal labor.

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The beautiful baby can explore the world and continue to develop and mature!

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Vaginal Labor occurs in three stages:
Stage 1: Begins when the cervix begins to dilate until it is fully dilated at 10cm.  During this time, mothers will begin to experience contractions.  Contractions are normally most painful when the cervix is expanding from 4-8cm wide.

Stage 2: Begins when the cervix is fully dilated until the baby is born.  During this stage, mothers begin to push.  The stage concludes once the baby has exited the mother's vagina.

Stage 3: This is the last stage, it begins once the baby is born and ends when the placenta is separated from the uterus and exits the mother's vagina.

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During the entire pregnancy it is extremely important for expecting mothers to live healthy lives.  By eating healthy, exercising, reducing stress and not consuming alcohol and drugs, a mother is bettering the chances of her baby living a healthy life.

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At the end of the 8th week, the embryo is considered a fetus and the Fetal Stage begins. This period last until the baby is born. During this time, the fetus experiences a great deal of prenatal developmental changes. These changes include: fingers, toes, lungs, muscles and bones develop, hearing begins, sex organs are created, etc.

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A pregnancy consist of three trimesters.  The first trimester last from the 1st - 13th week, the second is from the 13th - 27th week and the third and final is from the 27th week until birth. During this 9 month period, both the mother and her baby will grow!

At 40 weeks a baby should be fully developed and ready to enter the world!

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Once the embryo attaches itself to the uterus, it's major organs begin to develop.  This period within prenatal development is called the Embryonic Stage and it last from the 3rd - 8th week of pregnancy.  During this stage, major organs are formed. These organs include the heart, brain and central nervous system.

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Normally, a woman ovulates two weeks prior to her menstrual cycle. Ovulation occurs when one mature egg leaves a woman's ovaries and makes it's way to her fallopian tube.

Next, fertilization begins when a man's sperm attaches itself to the woman's mature egg, in the fallopian tube.  When the sperm meets the egg, the sperm penetrates the egg.  During this time, the genetic makeup of the baby is created and the sex is determined.  The fertilized egg now becomes a zygote.

The zygote contains 46 chromosomes, 23 from the female and 23 from the male. 22 of the chromosomes are identical and the 23rd is not, this is the sex chromosome - it determines if the baby will be a boy or a girl. A female zygote has XX chromosomes and a male zygote has XY chromosomes.

Lastly, the zygote will make its way to the uterus during implantation. This journey normally takes up to two weeks.  Once the zygote attaches itself to the uterus, it then becomes the embryo.