After 20 weeks of embargo, the woman may feel contractions, but it still means that the work has begun. There are two types of contractions in Braxton Hicks: labor and labor contractions, which indicate that labor has started and has not begun. until after week 37 of gestation.
It is important to identify the type of contractions the woman is experiencing to know when to go to the hospital or hospital, generally shipping contractions are characterized by:
- Contractions during the gestational period are important in the delivery of the uterus at the time of delivery.
- But the intensity and frequency that occur when determining the contractions of the birth or delivery itself.
Braxton Hicks contractions, also known as false contractions, are training contractions in which the abdomen or part of it becomes very hard for less than a minute, usually this type of contraction occurs around the 20th week of delivery and involves preparing the uterus and body for delivery time.
The main characteristics that differentiate them from birth contractions are:
These contractions can occur 3 to 4 times a day and may occur when the baby changes his or her foot.
The pregnant woman should call her obstetrician to go to the hospital in case of severe, frequent and rhythmic contractions, before 37 weeks of embargo; these contractions are accompanied by pink or pink vaginal fluid.
In these cases, your doctor may indicate rest and prescribe magnesium to prevent contractions from provoting delivery early.
Labour contractions, also called actual contractions, which indicate that the work initiated are characterized by:
Usually these contractions occur after week 37 however, however, they could occur before they are a sign of premature birth.
The patient should go to the hospital when the contractions last 1 minute each, and the difference between two 5 minutes, because these are symptoms that the baby will be born, appreciates the other signs that the work has started.