To cite this page: âAmish Population by State/Province, 2016.â Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College. http://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/statistics/population-by-state/.
During a first-time birth, a first labor lasts 16 hours on average, however, this can vary tremendously. Labor can be divided into three stages. Stage one, where the cervix dilates, is subdivided into three phases, early, active and transition.
Of course being born 12 wks early was tough but I had an incompetent cervix thus the early delivery and 7 weeks of hospital bedrest were critical. Most triplets are born on average at 33 weeks but doctors will schedule c-section for 36 weeks. I have friend who made it to 36 wks but this is very unusual. Most women go into labor at about 34 weeks and then the babies will spend between 1-2 mos in the NICU.