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Is it Pre-term labor starting or it this normal?

my stomach keeps getting hard on and off keep having low dull back pain and baby is balling up should I be worried or is this normal I know it sounds like braxton hicks but my stomach gets hard and stays like that for about 5 mins and off again? Please help.
Im 30 weeks and 2 days.

you need to count the contractions. start timing them from the start of one contraction to the start of the next. If they are coming in regular intervals, or you are having more than 4 in an hour, that could mean you are going into preterm labor. just monitor them, and if they are regular or you are having too many, go into the hospital for a nonstress test. they will monitor your contractions and the baby, and possibly do a test called a fetal fibronctin test where they check for a protein the body releases prior to childbirth. good luck

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One Response to “Is it Pre-term labor starting or it this normal?”

  1. Baby boy on his way! Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    you need to count the contractions. start timing them from the start of one contraction to the start of the next. If they are coming in regular intervals, or you are having more than 4 in an hour, that could mean you are going into preterm labor. just monitor them, and if they are regular or you are having too many, go into the hospital for a nonstress test. they will monitor your contractions and the baby, and possibly do a test called a fetal fibronctin test where they check for a protein the body releases prior to childbirth. good luck
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