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.
Once your baby is delivered, your doctor -- or your partner, if he has requested to do so -- clamps and cuts the umbilical cord. Stage 3. After your baby is delivered, you enter the final stage of labor. In this stage, you deliver the placenta, the organ that nourished your baby inside the womb. Each woman and each labor is different. The amount of time spent in each stage of delivery will vary.