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Does the early onset of labour feel like mild period cramps?

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Labor pain: Many women describe early labor as feeling like menstrual cramps, gas or low back pains. Occasionally these symptoms are not true labor, but preparation for the real thing.

Dr Raff and another doctor agreed

Answered 5/26/2014

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