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Best Way to Stop Preterm Labor Contractions with Self-Treatment

Self-treatment is something you can do to try to get your contrac­tions to stop or decrease when they are caused by something minor like dehydration or too much activity. However, as noted in the above warning, talk to your doctor about self-treatment measures before you need to use them.

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Best Way to Recognize Preterm Labor Contractions

Labor—both pre- and full-term—occurs when the uterus, which is essentially a very large muscle that contains the baby, begins to con­tract or tighten up. You cannot control the tightening and relaxing of the uterine muscle in the same way you can control the muscles in your hand or arm.

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