What are the symptoms of uterine contractions during mid-pregnancy?

Uterine contractions occur in the late stages of pregnancy, indicating that the time of delivery is approaching. However, many pregnant women will experience uterine contractions in the second trimester. This phenomenon is called false labor. False labor will cause irregular tightening and hardening of the abdomen. It is short-lived and weak in intensity. It will stop after a period of time, and false labor generally does not cause abdominal pain.

Symptoms of uterine contractions during pregnancy

1. When the uterus contracts and abdominal pain occurs, the lower abdomen may feel very hard. In fact, if a pregnant woman stands or sits in the same posture for a long time, she will feel her abdomen getting harder (that is, symptoms of tightness in the stomach), which is "false labor." Its characteristics are that the time of occurrence is irregular and the degree varies from time to time. Before delivery, false labor will become more and more frequent due to the traction stimulation of the lower uterine segment caused by the descending fetal head.

2. What does false labor feel like? When false labor occurs, pregnant women will feel irregular contractions. Just put your hands on your abdomen and you will feel your abdomen hardening from time to time. There is basically no pain during false labor. Occasionally there is pain in the front.

4. How to distinguish false labor from real labor 1. Contraction time False labor: irregular, the time interval will not get smaller and smaller. True labor: There are fixed time intervals, which become smaller and smaller as time goes by, and each contraction lasts 30 to 70 seconds.