Pain in early labor is limited to which dermatomes?
T10 -L1
S1-S3
L4-L5
L2-L3
In the early stages of labour pains are mainly uterine in origin because of painful uterine contractions It is distributed along the cutaneous nerve distribution of T10 - L 1. In the later stages pain is due to cervical dilatation This pain is referred to back through sacral plexus. Ref: Dutta Obs 9e pg 112.
General obstetrics