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  2. Braxton Hicks contractions - Wikipedia

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    Braxton Hicks contractions are often confused for labor. Braxton Hicks contractions allow the pregnant woman's body to prepare for labor. [1] However, the presence of Braxton Hicks contractions does not mean a woman is in labor or even that labor is about to commence. [1] Another common cause of pain in pregnancy is round ligament pain. Table 1.

  3. John Braxton Hicks - Wikipedia

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    Hicks was the first physician to describe the bipolar and other methods of the version of a fetus. In 1872, he described the uterine contractions not resulting in childbirth now known as Braxton Hicks contractions. In 1862 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society by virtue of his interest in Natural History, about which he wrote numerous ...

  4. Uterine contraction - Wikipedia

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    Some women experience what are commonly called Braxton Hicks contractions before their initial due date, which are characterized as “false labour." Though similar to labour uterine contractions, these contractions do not play a prominent role in cervical dilation or the progression of childbirth.

  5. Pregnant Hilary Duff Has Braxton Hicks at Mandy Moore's ... - AOL

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    Braxton Hicks are described as false labor pains that are “the body’s way of preparing for true labor, but they do not indicate that labor has begun,” according to the National Library of ...

  6. Toni Braxton opens up about her secret abortion - AOL

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    In Toni Braxton's new memoir Unbreak My Heart, she makes some startling revelations about her personal life, including a difficult decision she once made to have an abortion. Toni Braxton through ...

  7. Pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Braxton Hicks contractions are sporadic uterine contractions that may start around six weeks into a pregnancy; however, they are usually not felt until the second or third trimester. [ 57 ] Final weight gain takes place during the third trimester; this is the most weight gain throughout the pregnancy.

  8. Toni Braxton Shares Why Her Family Is Going Back to Reality ...

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    The Braxton family is returning to TV with a new reality series, and celebrated singer Toni Braxton is opening up about why they felt it was "really important" to do a show together once more.On ...

  9. Talk:Braxton Hicks contractions - Wikipedia

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    Since Braxton Hicks contractions feel like labo(u)r but aren't, it would be correct to refer to Braxton Hicks contractions as "false labo(u)r" UNLESS there is some other phenomenon that is different from Braxton Hicks contractions for which the term "false labo(u)r" is formally reserved.