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Kate Stafford, RN, is a staff nurse on the night shift at a small rural hospital in Bangor, Maine. In a community unit where maternity staff take on broad bedside responsibilities, she supports families through active labor and helps patients recognize when to head into triage. Her hospital background includes cross-coverage across emergency, medical-surgical, and maternity floors. Stafford received an associate degree and a bachelor of science in nursing.

When Does Your Belly Drop and What Does It Mean?
Is Inner Thigh Pain a Sign of Labor?
How Long After Water Breaking Do Contractions Start?
How to Know if Your Water Broke or You’re Leaking Pee
Why Am I Cramping at 36 Weeks Pregnant?
Is Sweating a Sign of Labor or Just Pregnancy?
What Causes Precipitous Labor and Its Implications
Is My Amniotic Fluid Leaking? How to Tell and What to Do
Do Labor Contractions Feel Like Period Cramps?
Is Lightning Crotch a Sign of Dilation?
Once You Dilate During Labor, Can It Reverse?
Why Can’t You Drink Water During Labor?
Do You Pee a Lot Before Labor Begins?
When Do Labor Shakes Start and What Causes Them?
Can You Have Contractions Without Dilating?
Does Your Water Always Break & What Happens If It Doesn’t
How to Avoid Pooping During Labor & Why It’s Normal
When Your Water Breaks: How Much Comes Out?
Why Can You Only Have Ice Chips During Labor?
What Is an Anterior Lip of the Cervix in Labor?
Is Feeling Like You Have to Poop a Sign of Labor?
Can you be 5cm dilated and not in labor?
Why Do You Only Push During Contractions?
Is Having to Poop a Lot a Sign of Labor?
Do You Get Extremely Tired Before Labor?
Why Do They Insert a Balloon to Induce Labor?
What Is the Difference Between Dilation and Effacement?
Can Your Cervix Dilate Without Contractions?
Can Masturbation Cause Early Labor?
Can You Feel Contractions in Your Bum?