BIRTHFIT Podcast Episode 266: Dilation and Effacement

The BIRTHFIT Podcast by Lindsey Mathews Cantu

Mar 26, 2026Health

In this week's episode, Lindsey discusses two big elephants in the room- cervical dilation and effacement. She gets into how these are inaccurate more times than not and what to use instead when witnessing birth. BIRTHFI...

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