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Pain in early labor is limited to which dermatomes?

A
T10 -L1
B
S1-S3
C
L4-L5
D
L2-L3
High-Yield Explanation
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.

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