Preterm Labor
Preterm labor is labor that starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. Labor is when the uterus regularly tightens and the cervix starts to thin and open. This lets the baby (fetus) enter the birth canal. Most women who have preterm labor have no known risk factors. But some things raise a woman's risk for preterm labor.
Abdominal pain
Crampy
Lower, Around the belly button
Rapidly developing
common
Tightening of the muscles of the uterus
Frequent
Painful
common
Back pain
Lower
common
Strange fluid coming out of vagina other than blood
Pink, Colorless
Mucus
common
Blood from vagina not from period
Pink
common
Pregnant
After 20 weeks
Less than 37 weeks
Recent pelvic injury or trauma
Infection in any part of urinary system
Diabetes mellitus
or Smoking
or High blood pressure disease
or Drug or substance abuse
If you have Preterm Labor, then visit an obstetrician-gynecologist as soon as possible.
Contact an
Obstetrician-gynecologist
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