Hatching

These diagrams show The First Stage of Labor Progression

I had to take Adam with me to my last ob check up. There was a diagram similar to this on the wall. Adam pointed to the first picture and said, "The egg is not cracked." Then he pointed to the next one and said, "the egg is cracking." Then the next one he said, "the egg is still cracking." Then he pointed to the fourth picture and said, "the egg is cracked." He pointed to the last picture and said, "Now the baby can come out."