5- CONTRACTIONS BEFORE 37 WEEKS
If you have been pregnant or been around anyone who has been pregnant, you have probably heard of Braxton hicks contractions. These are the annoying “practice” contractions your body puts you through prior to actually going into labor.
Braxton hicks contractions are generally felt in the stomach area only as a tightening sensation.
They are usually not painful, and quite irregular. You will usually begin to experience these contractions sometime in the second or third trimesters.
If at any point before 37 weeks you begin to feel contractions that are painful, and/or are occurring four times or more in an hour- you should head straight into the doctor or hospital to be checked out.
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