Nor do contractions only occur when the body prepares for birth. Menstrual cramping is actually a form of contraction, says labor nurse Leisel Teen, BSN, RN and founder of Mommy Labor Nurse.

This mom could give labor in her sleep. Beccaa Areli slept through her contractions, and later gave birth to her daughter in a car on the way to the hospital. She posted about the “craziest ...

Labor contractions will grow stronger, longer, and more frequent as they cause your cervix to dilate. True labor contractions are too painful to talk through, and they may bring tears to your eyes.

Non-labor contractions are specifically easy to mistake for actual labor pains. So-called "Braxton Hicks" contractions happen when the womb contracts and relaxes intermittently during pregnancy.

Today in Minnesota, @ErinMayeQuade gave a convention speech while in active labor. And her opponent didn’t think to ask to postpone the convention as she, you know, had to go to the hospital to ...

A Minnesota State Senate candidate was in labor while giving a speech at a convention to secure her party's nomination and had to leave early to give birth. Erin Maye Quade went into labor at ...

False labor contractions – occur when there are contractions, but they don’t change the cervix. There are two kinds of false labor, Braxton Hicks and Prodormal Labor.

Albany, New York co-anchor Olivia Jaquith went ahead with a 3-hour CBS6 Albany newscast even after her labor contractions began and her water broke.

Researchers have developed a new imaging tool, called electromyometrial imaging (EMMI), to create real-time, three-dimensional images and maps of contractions during labor. The non-invasive ...