These feel similar to
mild labor contractions and are more frequent during breastfeeding.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Another type of medication is epidural anesthesia which allows mom to feel only
mild to moderate
contraction intensity and pressure during
labor and childbirth.
You might start to feel
mild contractions, which are warm - ups to prepare your uterus for the real
labor to come.
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.
The first couple of hours after my water broke were manageable — the
contractions were
mild as my husband and I walked around the corridors of the
labor and delivery ward, showing off my new leopard - print slippers to the night - shift nurses and practicing how we were going to tell all our friends the story of my water breaking right after the creme brulee had been cleared.
In more extreme cases it's possible for your pooch to have a false
labor with
mild contractions.