Prodromal Labor And Precipitous Labor
Do you know about the two P's of labor?โ
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๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ - Labor that stops and starts before active labor begins.
Labor patterns can be consistent for hours and then goes away. Usually it is not progressing dilation. This can happen for hours, days or even weeks.
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๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐? ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
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๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ: โ
โข ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐/๐ก๐ฎ๐ฝ
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐โ
โข ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธโ โ
โข ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐โ
โข ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐
๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฒ๐
๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐โ
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ- Labor is 3 hrs or less.โ
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A sudden onset of labor. Contractions are immediately consistent. The intensity is high and can be difficult to cope with.โ
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๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐? ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ ๐ผ๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
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๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ:โ
โข๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒโ
โข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐โ
โข๐๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ โ
โข๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต-๐ญ-๐ญ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑโ
Both of these types of labors can be difficult. There could be many factors and often we wonโt know why it happens.
While they are both physically challenging, it can be even more mentally challenging. Having tools and techniques to rely on can help you during these unpredictable labors.