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A member asked:
Can braxton hicks contractions cause effacement and dilation if they randomly occur multiple times per day? not more than 4 in an hour though.
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Not really : If you have contractions that are causing cervical dilatation and effacement, we would call it labor, in your case preterm labor. If you are having labor contractions, we would not call it braxton hicks contractions. Hope that helps.
Answered 2/16/2016
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