| False labor pains can fool many would-be mothers. | | | | contractions. For some, they might be experiencing real |
| False labor pain is contractions that are highly irregular | | | | ones and take it as false contractions. False |
| in nature. These contractions have no regularity and | | | | contractions are really irritating and can interfere with |
| cause a general tightening of the abdomen. The | | | | your sleep and food pattern. You can get some relief |
| membranes do not rupture. There is usually no bloody | | | | by drinking lot of water or taking a hot bath. Always |
| show. The pain seems to subside, if you change your | | | | keep your doctor’s number by your side. Do not |
| position. If you are an expecting mother, you need to | | | | hesitate to call him as soon as you feel that matters |
| learn how to ignore it and prepare for labor pain that is | | | | are getting beyond your control. If it is a false alarm, at |
| for real. | | | | the most you will be embarrassed. It is any day better |
| During labor stage, you need to learn how to distinguish | | | | to be embarrassed than to end up in trouble. |
| between natural labor pain in pregnancy, and fake | | | | In true labor contractions, the pain keeps growing |
| labor pains. You can start by recording your | | | | stronger and stronger, irrespective of activity. But in |
| contractions. You need to monitor how frequent the | | | | case of false labor pains, the contractions stop after |
| contractions are. For this you can jot down when they | | | | sometime. Moreover, the false contractions are felt |
| start and when they end. Real contractions last for | | | | more in the lower abdomen unlike real contractions, |
| around 30 seconds initially and can increase up to 60 | | | | which are felt in the lower back and abdomen. At |
| seconds. If they are regular in nature then you can be | | | | times, would-be-mothers attach too much importance |
| sure that they are real symptoms of pain in pregnancy. | | | | to false contractions and get admitted in the hospital, |
| These are also known as Braxton Hicks contractions. | | | | only to realize that they are making a fool of |
| The contractions are painful and rhythmic and can | | | | themselves. In other cases, the mother takes the real |
| really fool you into believing that they are real | | | | contractions to be false ones and ignores them to find |
| contractions. The only way you can understand that it | | | | later that she took a big risk. Either way, do not feel |
| is not real contractions is by the fact that your cervix | | | | embarrassed or frustrated with real or fake pains and |
| does not dilate significantly. There is a hitch in this too. | | | | take the situation in your stride. |
| Not all would-be-mothers experience such | | | | |