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Re: contractions

From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 8 Dec 2000 19:05:27 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Leigh wrote: >
>I am 20 weeks pregnant with my third child. For the past couple of
>weeks i started having some minor contractions. I dismissed them as
>Braxton-Hicks, but they seem to be getting stronger and very painful.
>The baby is very active and doesn't seem to be affected by them. I
>don't really remember these with my other two children until i was like
>in my 7th or 8th month. They aren't regular at all..i might go a day
>and not have any and then i might have about 20 in a day. I have a
>doctors appointment on the 15th, but i found this forum and thought i
>would get some opinions from here. Does this sound like i might be
>trying to go into preterm labor?

Braxton Hicks contractions are irregular and usually not painful. Any painful contractions, or regualr, mild ones, should be reported to your doctor -- go ahead and give a call. A quick check of your cervix will go a long way toward reassuring you and your doctor that this is not preterm labor

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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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