Fruits and Vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are virtually free of salt and provide minimal amounts of sodium. Fresh whole fruits, including pears, mangoes and apples, each provide fewer than 10 milligrams of salt, or 4 milligrams of sodium. You can also fill your diet with tomatoes, spinach, salad greens and carrots.
The position and texture of your cervix will change during your cycle: 1  During menstrual bleeding, the cervix is normally low and hard and slightly open to allow the blood to flow out. 2  After your period stops, the cervix remains low and hard and the opening to the uterus (uterine os) remains closed.
Cervical Effacement refers to the cervix thinning out. The cervix starts out long and hard, and slowly diminishes as labor progresses. The cervix will become 100% effaced before the baby is born. Like cervix dilation, partial effacement may or may not be an early labor sign. You can start labor not being effaced at all, or you can be 50% effaced for a few weeks.