Vaginal births account for about 70% of all pregnancies. Delivery consists of early labor, active labor, and placenta delivery. Labor typically lasts up to two to three days. Hospital visit should wait until 5-1-1 contractions occur
C-section is a surgical delivery through abdomen opening, making up 32.1% of U.S. births. Vertical C-section uses up-and-down incision, horizontal C-section is more common. Planned C-sections occur at 39th week, emergency C-sections happen immediately
Confinement means the act of confining or the state of being confined. In obstetrics, it refers to the period from labor onset to childbirth. In physics, it means containment
Babies can be chosen as colonists, obtained through pregnancy, or through assisted reproduction. Natural reproduction requires sharing a bed and sleeping together. Assisted reproduction includes surrogacy and growth vat methods. Babies can be purchased from slavers or received from quests
Pregnancy begins with conception, lasting about 266 days in humans. Fertilized egg (zygote) implants in uterus lining after three days. Placenta forms and transfers nutrients to developing fetus. By nine weeks, fetus is recognizable with organs and structures
Childbirth is the completion of pregnancy through vaginal or cesarean delivery. Global childbirth rate was 140.11 million in 2019. Most deliveries occur in hospitals in developed countries, home births in developing ones