Increase or change in vaginal discharge. A general feeling that something is not right. Do not lie flat on your back. Place your fingertips on your uterus and indent all over with the tips of your fingers. A contraction feels firm all over the uterus, and may make the outline of the uterus easier to feel.
Contractions gradually soften.
Don't think you are being a pest or complaining. The author gives permission to reproduce this article for the benefit of women, provided it remains complete and unchanged in any way. A new test for diagnosis and prediction of preterm delivery. The diagnosis of preterm labor and the prediction of preterm delivery. In Martin, E. J. Intrapartum Management Modules.