Sentences with phrase «pre-term labor contractions»

Pre-term labor contractions: Occurring in about twelve percent of all pregnancies, preterm labor and its corresponding contractions are a result of uterine contractions causing the opening to the cervix to open early.

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According to the American Pregnancy Association, the hormone oxytocin is released during breastfeeding and can cause mild uterine contractions, but it's released in such a small amount, that it won't send you into pre-term labor.

If a women has a high - risk pregnancy, if she has had previous pre-term labors, she is more at risk for pre-term labors and the hormones of pregnancy I mean, the hormones of lactation oxytocin which causes the milk to eject or led down that also causes contractions.