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.
Stages of Labor. The first stage of labor is the preparation for birth, During this stage, which takes from three hours in a cow to 72 hours in a first-calf heifer, the ligaments of the pelvis and associated structures relax. The cervix, vagina and vulva all dilate and the cervical mucous plug is released.