Patient's question:
The child is about to be full term. Recently, I have been feeling abdominal pain. It's said that women experience contractions before giving birth, but I only felt pain for a while and then it subsided. Then, just like before, I wanted to ask the doctor, what are the signs of labor in the late stages of pregnancy?Doctor's answer:
Pre-labor signs refer to symptoms that reappear before labor has actually started. The main signs include false labor contractions, the baby's head rising, and bloody show. False labor contractions are irregular, short in duration, and never increase in intensity; they can be suppressed by sedatives. The baby's head rising is when the baby's head enters the pelvis, and the pregnant person may feel relief in the upper abdomen. Bloody show is the most reliable sign of pre-labor, and labor typically begins within 24-48 hours after it occurs.