Dilation and effacement are your body's way of getting ready for labor – your cervix gradually opens (dilates) and thins out (effaces) to help your baby make that grand entrance. This process ...

The plastic cervical ring contains MIV-150, a compound developed and being tested by scientists at the non-profit Population Council. In experiments with macaques, only two of 17 female monkeys ...

However, there is typically only anecdotal support for these practices. Dilation is the widening of the cervical opening. Increased dilation is a necessary physiological process for childbirth ...