From early contractions to labor contractions, expecting moms deserve (and desire) better information about their bodies during pregnancy to make more confident decisions.
Not exact matches
Economic
contraction in the U.S. and Europe in the
early and mid 1970s did not lead immediately to economic
contraction in what were then known as LDCs, largely because the massive recycling of petrodollar surpluses into the developing world fueled an investment boom (and also fueled talk about how for the first time in history the LDCs were immune
from rich - country recessions).
The PMI score for small firms fell to 44 in February 2016
from 48 a year
earlier, even further
from the 50 mark that separates expansion
from contraction.
This stage consists of three phases: the
early phase where the
contractions begin and the cervix starts to open, the active phase where the cervix dilates
from 3 to 8 cm (1 to 3 inches) and the
contractions are strong and frequent, and the transition phase where the
contractions are even more intense and frequent and the cervix dilates to 10 cm.
This could be
from by too strong
contractions caused by unnecessary inductions, or too
early inductions, or less than good outcomes due to c sections — problems breathing etc, or due to breastfeeding problems because it takes a while for the painkillers to wear off in the baby, so they don't manage to latch as well.
Midwives can tell a lot by talking to you on the phone in
early labour (
from your breathing, voice etc) and if you are planning a hospital birth, she will probably suggest you stay at home until your
contractions are coming frequently and your labour is established.
Evidence
from a study published
earlier this year
from the Weisel lab suggests that platelets in people with these diseases are less effective at clot
contraction, thereby contributing to clots being more obstructive.
This obscure terminology is a hold - over
from an
early 20th century model of stellar evolution, which supposed that stars were powered by gravitational
contraction via the Kelvin — Helmholtz mechanism, which is now known to not apply to main sequence stars.
One of the most frustrating parts is not knowing when labor changes
from prodromal to active and many women have more than one false alarm during these extended
early contractions.
When the ventricle contracts
early without the usual signal
from the atria it is called a premature ventricular
contraction or PVC.