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false labor - painless contractions of the muscles of the uterus that continue throughout pregnancy with increasing frequency

contraction, muscle contraction, muscular contraction - (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

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Mothers-to-be should be aware how to differentiate true labor from false labor or Braxton-Hicks contractions.

Five signs of labor

There are other potential uses for the device, including athome viewing of the cervical os to gauge cervical dilation during labor and to detect false labor, she and her colleagues noted.

GOODBYE SPECULUM? A novel device could change cervical cancer screening

In fact, it worked so well, I had five hours of labor, arrived at the hospital fifteen minutes before he was born, crowning at a fifty-cent piece, and I thought I was in false labor. Relaxation added a calming psychological benefit.

Stress relief at your finger tips for labor, delivery and afterward

Professor Stephen Lye said that it will help in properly attending the pregnant women who actually needs the appropriate medical care while women in false labor will receive supportive care and be discharged and it will avoid unnecessarily hospitalization of women.

Blood based test can distinguish between true and false labor

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