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Title: Explain why Braxton-Hicks contractions are known as false labor.
Post by: Cali Fornia on Dec 8, 2016
Explain why Braxton-Hicks contractions are known as false labor.


Title: Re: Explain why Braxton-Hicks contractions are known as false labor.
Post by: torchunicycle on Dec 8, 2016
Braxton-Hicks contractions are known as false labor because they do not result in the three stages of labor (dilation, expulsion, and placental stages). True labor results in uterine contractions that increase in intensity and regularity and cause changes in the cervix.


Title: Re: Explain why Braxton-Hicks contractions are known as false labor.
Post by: Cali Fornia on Jan 7, 2017
You've helped me so much by answer, this course was the death me :-\

Thank you