Sentences with phrase «rhythmic uterine contractions»
(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.
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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.