That’s one way to start off the new school year. A teacher in Colorado reportedly gave birth on the sidewalk outside of her school after mistaking labor pains for false contractions. Fortunately, the ...

Braxton Hicks contractions are like fire drills: They help your body prepare for true labor. These sporadic "false" contractions usually feel like a tightening and hardening of the uterus, and they ...

Pregnancy is chock-full of new bodily experiences, some more pleasant than others. Of course, feeling your little one kick for the first time and hearing the heartbeat during an ultrasound are magical ...

Find out how to spot the common signs of labor and discover some things you can do to promote labor. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

A blood test may be able to discern false labor from the real thing, an international team of researchers reports May 14 in PLOS ONE. False labor is marked by preterm contractions that stop short of ...

An irritable uterus, or uterine irritability, produces frequent and sometimes uncomfortable contractions for pregnant individuals. Although people often confuse uterine irritability with “false labor, ...

Sorry Duggar fans! The long wait for Jill Duggar's little baby boy is not over. On Friday, her husband Derick Tweeted that his wife was in labor. But it turns out that Jill — who is a week past her ...

As the gestation period nears completion, the uterus grows to a length of 12 inches (from 3 inches) and the weight increases to 1,100 g (from 30–40 g). The uterus has 5 liters of fluid, and together ...

If you are close to your due date, there are some things you may want to avoid if you don’t want to trigger contractions. Dehydration is one of the main causes of false and true labor contractions.

Guys, there is so much to look forward to about pregnancy and birth: the adorable socks, that thing babies do when they grab your finger, and, you know finally getting that other living thing out of ...

Braxton Hicks are sporadic “false” contractions that prepare your body for delivery. Here are the differences between Braxton Hicks and true labor contractions. Braxton Hicks contractions are like ...