"Mild contractions" refers to a situation where the muscles of the body are tightening or squeezing, but it is not too strong or painful.
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You might start to
feel mild contractions, which are warm - ups to prepare your uterus for the real labor to come.
With my second, I was having
mild contractions at 37 weeks and then pieces of my mucus plug came out around 7 pm at night.
At 11 days over I started to
get mild contractions every 20 minutes or so and was fairly sure things were starting.
Don't let the movies scare you, though: most of early labor consists
of milder contractions with plenty of time between them for breathing, relaxing, wandering around the room, or arguing over baby names with your partner.
Effacement could be accompanied
by mild contractions, or none at all, so you might not know you're effaced without the help of an OB - GYN and / or midwife.
While on the phone with co-workers, I started having
mild contractions which I thought might be Braxton - Hicks, but I thought it might be the start of back labor.
As your due date approaches, you may
experience mild contractions that help prepare your cervix for delivery: It becomes soft, stretchy and thin, a process called effacement.
After your placenta has been expelled, you will continue to
feel mild contractions, as your uterus becomes firm.
Most women get plenty of warnings that things are about to start (a show, waters breaking, hours
of mild contractions), and first babies often like to keep you on your toes with plenty of false starts and trips to the hospital only to be sent back home again!
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a mild contraction.
I would have
some mild contractions that I would feel across my belly.
By the Wednesday before Christmas, Romy was two weeks overdue, and the hospital decided the baby should be induced When Gowri Motha arrived in the rather drab, grey delivery room, which contained a couple of chairs but no bed, Romy was already having
mild contractions.
At 40w4d, I woke up at 2 am with
some mild contractions.
Tummy aches,
mild contractions, nausea and cramps may often last for hours in the days leading up to full - blown labour.