How to distinguish Braxton Hicks contractions from real births

Perhaps now there are no pregnant women who have not heard anything about Braxton Hicks fights. These training or, as they are called, false fights, were described by an English doctor 140 years ago. With this phenomenon, one way or another, every pregnant woman faces.

It should be distinguished Braxton Hicks contractions from real bouts, forerunners or the tone of the uterus. In the classical version, they last from two to three seconds to 20-30. Between fights there is no certain interval, the break between them can be from several seconds to several hours. As a rule, a woman experiences unpleasant, but painless sensations. When the false bouts of Braxton Hicks start, the uterus can stone, sip a stomach or pull a back. It is this irregularity that is the determining criterion by which one can distinguish them from real genera.

Braxton Hicks contractions are not a pathology or a deviation from the normal course of pregnancy. In fact, this is training the cervix and uterus before giving birth - periodically contracting and stretching, the neck becomes more flexible and elastic. However, the absence of such fights is not a cause for concern. In some, they are so asymptomatic that they stand out against the background of a general malaise.

If unpleasant, pulling and painful sensations, the feeling of petrification worries a woman for a period of 15-20 weeks - it is worthwhile to see a doctor. Most likely, we are talking about the tone of the uterus, which means there is a danger of miscarriage. In this case it is better to be safe than to accept for premature labor premature birth. Of course, there are times when training fights begin early, but most often they occur in the second-third trimester of pregnancy.

Harbinger often occur in the last weeks of pregnancy, they can occur periodically, and can last several days at intervals of 1-2 hours. At this time there is an active preparation of the uterus for childbirth, and accompanied by rather unpleasant sensations.

What can you do if you are concerned about the painful bouts of Braxton Hicks?

1. Symptoms can be removed if you take a couple of no-shp tablets. By the way, you can use this same advice if you are harassed by precursors on the eve of birth.
2. Take a warm (not hot) bath - enough to lie quietly in it for about 20 minutes. This procedure calms and relaxes.
3. Rub the lower back or massage lightly.
4. Change the position, lie down - perhaps, the pulling sensations are associated not so much with false contractions as caused by uncomfortable position, fatigue of a pregnant woman.
5. To drink calming tea, at the moment when the stomach starts to grasp, to breathe deeply, as in real childbirth.

Women who are waiting for the first child are often interested in the question of whether they will miss real labor and childbirth. Doctors and repeatedly giving birth to women claim that they can not be confused with anything. With real battles, the frequency of contractions increases, and their soreness increases. At classical sorts the first fights begin 14-16 hours prior to occurrence of the child and repeat every 15-20 minutes. The duration of the bout is a few seconds. Gradually, the interval is reduced to five, three and one minutes (immediately before attempts), and the duration increases to 30 seconds.

However, the non-standard course of labor is increasingly encountered. In this case, the first fights can appear as 4-6 hours before the birth of a child, and for several days. And the interval between the first contractions may not be 15-20 minutes, but only 4-5 minutes. However, it also happens that a clear interval between them may not be at all.

Every birth is unique and unique in its own way. Periodically appearing traumatic pains, petrification of the stomach at a later date - an occasion to contact the hospital with the things.