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.
I have just finished (and quite enjoyed) the Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth. I read in the chapter on Induction of Labor that the average length of pregnancy for a first-time mom is 40 weeks + 8 days, while for a mom with prior births it is 40 weeks + 3 days. I am due with #2 in November, however, #1 was delivered via scheduled C-section due to frank breech presentation.