Sentences with phrase «rhythmic contractions of»

Biomechanical stretch and strain can be mimicked in this device by rhythmic contractions of the flexible membrane.

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Some examples of this are helping you move into new labor positions, supporting your rhythmic motions, trying a bath or shower, massaging you to relieve the intensity of contractions and help you relax, helping to maintain a calm and peaceful birth space, and offering words of encouragement and affirmation.
Contraction: rhythmic tightening of the uterus, usually causing the cervix to dilate and allow the passage of the baby.
If the dilation of the cervix stops for over two hours during this phase or slows over four hours, and the contractions lose their rhythmic pattern and become uncoordinated or spaced out, oxytocin can be helpful to correct the problem.
The «thinking» behind sex to bring on labor is that it will help to cause the kind of rhythmic uterine contractions that will jumpstart labor.
Grace's tympanitic abdomen told me that her intestines were blown up with gas, and the absence of gurgles when I listened through my stethoscope meant there was no peristalsis, no rhythmic contractions that normally push along the intestine's contents.
The resulting rhythmic signals produced by this transfer of cations are what support the synchronous contraction of our heart muscles and neuronal firing in parts of the brain, like the thalamus, which helps regulate our sleep - wake cycle, or circadian rhythm.
«An orgasm is a physical reflex that occurs when muscles tighten during sexual arousal and then relax through a series of rhythmic contractions,» says gynecologist Dr. Sherry Ross, MD..
Since rhythmic, powerful heart contractions depend on a balance of calcium and magnesium, insufficiency of one or the other contributes to arrythmias.
(3) Oxytocin also causes the rhythmic uterine contractions of labor, and levels peak at birth through stimulation of stretch receptors in a woman's lower vagina as the baby descends.
The rhythmic contraction and relaxation produces waves of energy that circulate, energize and heal the body.
In addition, the rhythmic muscle contractions that take place in almost all types of exercise can increase levels of the brain chemical serotonin, which combats negative feelings.
Diarrhea upsets the normal rhythmic contractions and sensations of the GI tract, causing your dog or kitty to feel the constant need to eliminate.
While our idea of physical exercise entails the rhythmic contraction and relaxation of muscles, mental exercises require the more efficient firing of various nerve cells in the brain.
A wave of rhythmic contractions along the length of the digestive tract (the gastrocolic reflex) begins when food or water is swallowed.
Diarrhea upsets the normal rhythmic contractions and sensations of the GI tract, causing your pet to feel the constant need to eliminate.
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