false labor

American  

noun

Obstetrics.

1. irregular contractions of the uterus prior to actual labor and without accompanying dilation of the cervix.

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Example Sentences

But the day he touched down on the island, Wigfall went into false labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2022

The first – a military training and education company – was fined $3.2m to resolve allegations of false labor charges on a contract to support the US army in Afghanistan.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2020

Sarah and Andrew Browning were not expecting to have their baby until Valentine’s Day, so when the Farmington, Connecticut, woman began having contractions Monday, she assumed it was false labor.

From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2015

Some women may feel the result of the decreasing levels of progesterone in late pregnancy as weak and irregular peristaltic Braxton Hicks contractions, also called false labor.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

After eight weeks in bed . since she suffered false labor pains in October, Ethel checked into Georgetown University Hospital a few days before reaching term, was delivered by caesarean section in a 40-minute operation.

From Time Magazine Archive