B*E*S*T Doula Service
Dilation Charts
For Doulas and Childbirth Educators
and anyone who works with pregnant women
Made of "fun foam," these dilation charts work especially well to demonstrate
how far a woman has progressed, both in terms of dilation and effacement. Effacement can be demonstrated by trying to stretch all of the layers, to show that when the cervix is thick, it's hard to dilate. When the cervix is thinned, it dilates easily, as demonstrated by stretching a single layer of the dilation chart.It also shows how the cervix may not be perfectly round and how the results of one person's examination can differ from another. To demonstrate this, stretch the layer slightly to produce an oval shape. It's much harder to "guess" how many centimeters dilated you are if each direction is a different measurement.
$15.00 plus tax and shipping
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