false labor
Americannoun
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At first, she brushed it off as Braxton Hicks, false labor pains not uncommon in the late stages of pregnancy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2023
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
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