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March 29, 2024

How to recognize work contractions?

False work
If you approach the end of your pregnancy, that you feel some contractions (even painful) but that there was not a rupture of the pocket of the waters (not systematic), relax and especially, do not panic! In the bestseller All the questions of future moms on the pregnancy and the arrival of baby (Larousse), the authors reassure: "Take a hot bath for example.Also take the antispasmodic suppositories that you may have prescribed.If the contractions are calmed and spaced, you have time ". During the false work, the collar does not generally change and the real work can start only several hours or even several days after.delivery is therefore far from imminent.

The real work
Here are the main signs that will allow you to recognize the beginning of the "real" work:

- the rupture of the pocket of water: if you fear to confuse urine and water, "trust your smell" as advised by the authors of the book. "If the smell is not pungent (the urine has a strong smell of ammonia), it is likely that you have lost the waters.

- regular and close contractions: "if you are not your first child, or if the first contractions are intense - each for at least 45 seconds - and regular - just 5 minutes be two - you have all the chances to give birth very quickly "warn Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Einsenberg and Sandee Hathaway, authors of the book sold more than 10 million copies.

In any case, if you lose blood or a pale yellow liquid, call your maternity home for instructions.



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