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 ...

Contractions during pregnancy refer to the sensation of tightness and hardness in the uterine muscles. During a contraction, the pain or cramping usually starts in the lower back and moves to the ...

During pregnancy, it's possible to experience mild contractions that help "prepare" the body for future labor (these are called Braxton Hicks contractions, described ahead).

So Dy and Penders founded Bloomlife, a company that sells wearables designed to track a pregnant woman's contractions in real time, and to send pregnancy data points to an app on the wearer's ...

Being pregnant with a baby that has certain birth defects; ... Contractions, every 10 minutes or more often, that get faster and more severe; Cramping in your lower abdomen or menstrual-like cramps.