Labor pains
Labor is described in three stages, and together these stages complete the delivery and the passage of the placenta. Stage One The first stage is the process of reaching full cervical dilatation. This begins with the onset of uterine labor contractions, and it is the longest phase of labor. The first stage is divided into three phases: latent, active, and deceleration.
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What do back labor pains feel like?
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What is the definition or description of: Labor pains?
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Does cloves help with labor pains?
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Can PMS pain ever get bad as labor pains?
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Do you believe orgasms can bring on labor pains?
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It ook Alli (orlistat) for 1 day (3 pills) and the next morning I had pain like labor pains. Is this normal?
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A 44-year old asked:
Will an epidural numb all labor pains?
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A 23-year old female asked:
What does it mean when you have sharp pains in pelvic area as if labor pains or something?
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A 43-year old asked:
Which is worse: labor pains or kidney stones?
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A 47-year old asked:
Are period cramps as horrible as labor pains?
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A 38-year old male asked:
We in our 38th week(pregnancy) and no sign of labour pain still...baby was confirmed fine 2 weeks back. What happens if we pass 40 weeks and we still not having labor pains or any signs of labor?
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A 22-year old female asked:
How can I help the pain from my endometriosis and ovarian cysts it's so painful it feels like labor pains once in awhile?
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A 36-year old asked:
Is it possible to have a miscarriage, no bleeding and massive contraction that are like labor pains for days?
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A 32-year old asked:
Is it possible to have a miscarriage without bleeding but just massive contraction like labor pains for days?
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A 42-year old asked:
I am soaking thru tampons at times within a 30 minute time interval. I have normal pap smears. Cramps are compareable to labor pains! is this mormal?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Are a woman's menstrual cramps throughout her life an indication how future labor pains will be? The stronger the menstrual cramps = painful labor?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Help i'm just getting over a cold. Wakes up crazy pain my gums itch feel like they goin fall out. Feels like labor pains in my mouth what's wrong ?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I have a new born baby boy who was delivered on the 7th of April 2020 and the process of delivery was more than 15 hours in labor pains. The problem now is that since the 7th to date he has not produced faeces. What might be wrong?
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A 35-year old asked:
Do labor pains start in the top of the groin and move down toward the knee cap?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I am 31 weeks pregnant and I have been having labor pains that is every 5 minutes and last for about a minute. I also have a watery discharge.
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A 45-year old female asked:
I am extremely worried, About stools are really soft unable to hold keep having accidents. Occasionally there is pain with pooping when it's not so soft almost like labor pains. Sometimes blood is present. And this sometimes comes after vaginal inter?
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I'm taking azithromiacin for strep throat last night I broke out bumps all over, hard to swallow, my hands are still swollen & labor pains in stomach?
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A 47-year old asked:
What can cause labor like pains if you aren't pregnant?
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A 32-year old female asked:
The boyfriend and i had sex and the next day, i was experiencing labor like pains and i went home from work and was bleeding! what's wrong?
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A 34-year old female asked about a 66-year old female:
Same thing happened 8 days ago for 1-2 days. She rarely gets ill/ has high pain tolerance, constant dull pain then comes in waves of labor like pains
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A 35-year old female asked:
Why was my epidural steroid injection so painful? this was my second one and the first one was no pain. This one was as bad as labor. shooting pains down my leg?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I am having severe cramping before and during bowel movements. Almost labor like pains what is it?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Had hysteroscopy, fibroid + polyp removed Dec 7. Week later massive clots and heavy bleeding with labor like pains for a week (timing was aligned with period). Month later this cycle, have the same massive clots and heavy bleeding, worse than pre-op?
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A 48-year old asked:
Could having period pains mean i'm going in to labor?
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A 17-year old female asked:
Been having strong tightening at the bottom of stomach with sharp pains all day. is this what labor feels like 38wks?
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