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Best Way to Treat Preterm Labor with Tocolytics

The results from your nonstress test and sonogram make up your baby’s biophysical profile (BPP). This profile looks at the heart rate, muscle tone, movement, ability, and frequency of breathing movements or chest wall movement, and amount of fluid in the amniotic sac sur­rounding the baby. The information is translated… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Recognize the Symptoms of Preterm Labor

Recognizing the symptoms of preterm labor can be difficult because they’re often quite subtle and mild and can be easily dismissed as the common discomforts of pregnancy. If you have never been preg­nant before, you may be unsure about what a contraction feels like.

You may feel something different but… Continue Reading…

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.

The… Continue Reading…