contraction timing
Measuring birth pangs
Contraction timing is the practice of tracking the frequency and duration of uterine contractions during labor.
Expectant parents time contractions to determine when labor has progressed enough to head to the hospital—typically when contractions are consistently five minutes apart, lasting one minute each, for at least one hour: The app makes contraction timing easy.
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
- stopwatchInterval timing device
- intervalDuration between two points
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
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muscular action
contraction timingrecovery period
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