Contractions are when the muscles of your uterus tighten and relax to get ready for childbirth. These muscles help push your baby down the birth canal. Once you reach week 37 of your pregnancy, it ...

Labor contractions are the physical way your uterus tightens to promote delivery of your baby. All body muscles tighten and shorten (contract) when they’re being used. And the uterus is one of the ...

A gush of water, being doubled over in pain, the head of your baby crowning. These are things many women picture when they think of labor. However, for most laboring women, these things take time and ...

In the past 10 to 15 years, it has been argued in the literature on "expansionary fiscal contraction" (EFC) that under certain circumstances, fiscal policy has non-Keynesian effects. We show that the ...

The measurement of the frequency of uterine contractions has not been useful for reducing the rate of preterm delivery in randomized trials. Nonetheless, ambulatory monitoring of contractions ...

The second stage of labour is short and marks the birthing of your baby. read to know more on what happens during this phase. The second phase of labour is usually called the 'active phase' and is ...

Your first stage of pregnancy starts with dilation and softening of your cervix and then starts the infamous labour pains. Read more to know how you can deal with the same and what happens within.