Not exact matches
Rather than thinking of
prodromal labor as «false
labor,» it might be
more helpful to think of it as «practice
labor.»
Women in
prodromal labor experience ongoing contractions for a day or
more without making any progress toward delivering the baby.
Prodromal labor can last days, weeks or even a month or
more, often starting and stopping at the same time each day (or night).
It really helped to talk to several other friends who had experienced
prodromal labor before and to research
more about it.
One of the most frustrating parts is not knowing when
labor changes from
prodromal to active and many women have
more than one false alarm during these extended early contractions.
Each day that the
prodromal labor started, the contractions were
more painful and I used
more of the breathing / moving / visualization techniques I had learned to prepare for real
labor!