Pain in early labor is limited to dermatomes: (A) T10 - L1, (B) S1- S3, (C) L4- L5, (D) L2- L3
Answer is A. In early stages of labor pain is mainly uterine in origin . Distributed along the cutaneous nerve distribution T10 - L1 In later stages pain is due to dilatation of cervix referred to back through sacral plexus