By Judy Shaw
Pregnancy is such an incredible experience in a woman’s life. My experience was incredible in an unsettling way. While I was pregnant with my first child I felt wonderful for the first six months. I was always on the go and loved watching my belly grow. Then suddenly at 24 weeks, I started [...]
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You are nine months pregnant. Your belly is huge, you are uncomfortable, you are ready for your baby to come, and voilĂ ! Almost as if you willed it, you feel a contraction. Is this it? Are you in labor? Or is your body just teasing you, letting you hope, just to end up going to [...]
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Most pregnant women experience these sometimes irritating “contractions”, and are unsure if they really contractions if they normal, and if they are dangerous? These are questions that many women ask as their pregnancy progresses past the first trimester.
In reality, Braxton Hicks contractions, named after an English doctor from the 19th Century, John Braxton Hicks, are [...]
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