Example Sentences for dormant. Much water while they are dormant, gives the foliage a sickly tinge, a state in which they are too frequently seen. Her will seems to be roused there by the side of the marital will which is dormant. But for misery and suffering, I might indeed be said to have existed in a dormant state.
Lesson Summary. And that's it; the three stages of labor: 1  The dilation stage, where the cervix widens and opens to about ten cm to allow passage of the fetus, or baby. 2  The expulsion stage, where uterine contractions push the baby through the cervix and down the birth canal, ending with delivery of the baby. The dilation stage: this begins when true labor starts. 2  The expulsion stage, which ends in parturition, or the birth of the baby. 3  The placental stage, which, as you may be able to guess, is the expulsion of the placenta from the uterus.
The second stage of labor is the pushing stage where you push through to the birth of your baby. The third stage of labor is the delivery of the placenta. In early labor, you probably won't need to breathe through your contractions in a focused way.