According to Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE), Fellow of American College of Childbirth Educators (FACCE), and owner of Shining Light Prenatal Education, Deena Blumenfeld, transition is actually the shortest phaseoflabor.
No matter how long the transitionphase takes you, it helps to know that it's the last phaseoflabor before you get ready to actually push out your baby.