Prodromal comes from the Greek word meaning precursor, and even though it only results in minimal cervical dilation, it's considered an early stage of true labor — not false labor (Source).
Not exact matches
If it is
prodromal labor, your doctor can talk to you about what to expect and when you should
come back.
Once September
came I had some episodes of
prodromal labor.
After four full weeks of
prodromal labor and a full week past my due date, I resigned myself to the fact that obviously this baby was never going to
come out and just started obsessively cleaning (not realizing I was nesting...)
I had
prodromal labor for a month prior to my sons birth and once active labor started, he
came in 3 hours.