What is the difference between false labor and braxton hicks contractions?

Are they the same thing, but just called false labor when the bh contractions are frequent???What is the difference between false labor and braxton hicks contractions?
Braxton Hicks: When you sit down or stop moving, the pain will go away... BUT with a REAL contraction, you will still feel it even if you sit down!


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Here is the difference between false labor, true labor and Braxton Hicks contractions.....





Pre-labor, False Labor and True Labor:





During the last few weeks of pregnancy, the Braxton Hicks contractions become more rhythmic and appear much more frequently. This period is called pre-labor during which time the cervix is gradually stretched and softened in preparation for the birth.





When these contractions begin to be painful in the lower abdomen and arrive


often, the term ';false labor'; is used to describe the phase. You can only tell from the outside that this is not true labor when the contractions are irregular over time and eventually stop. The crucial difference is that the cervix itself does not actually change.





When the contractions are regular, rhythmic and painful or very uncomfortable, the chances are that the true labor stage is being reached. Depending on your country, the doctor will advise that you go to the maternity ward when the contractions last for about a minute and are arriving every ten or fifteen minutes.





When the time is right, the contractions will be painful (or at least very uncomfortable) and they will be


regularly spaced over time.





: ) Good luck! : )What is the difference between false labor and braxton hicks contractions?
Braxton Hicks are to tone the uterus in preparation for labour. Pre-labour happens in the day(s) before labour, and can dilate the cervix up to 4/5 cm, but is less intense than ';true labour';.
It's the same thing.


However, if you have any blood or fluid then go to the hospital ASAP!
Braxton hicks don't cause you to dilate.
same thing.
It's one and the same. Braxton Hicks is false labor.
Yup same thing....can be painful and miserable but it's not leading to labor. LOL trust me I've been doing this since the middle of the second trimester...Doc keeps checking but since it's not changing my cervix it's considered 'false labor';.....I sure wish it was false pain!

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