Not exact matches
Using the power of your mind alone, you can turn
painful «
contractions»
into empowering «surges.»
By the afternoon I was checked
into the hospital having regular
painful contractions.
I endured two weeks of nightly «prodromal labor,» which means
painful, real
contractions that just never get their act together and progress
into actual labor.
I felt very much in control going
into the labor and had told my midwife that I didn't care how
painful it was, I wanted it to be over within 2 hours so I stayed in positions that would increase the intensity and effectiveness of each
contraction.