Doula (questions and answers)
already passed
Stage before real labor, with no progressing uterine contractions - ANS ✔Prolabor
These are more important than "Possible Signs", but real labor could still be hours or even days
away. Include: no progressing contractions, water leaks, mucus discharge - ANS ✔Prelabor Signs
Late pregnancy changes. Tuning up. Do not indicate that the cervix is dilating. They happen on
and off for days before prelabor. Include: vague nagging backache, restlessness, soft bowel
movements, feeling sick, cramps, bursts of energy, nesting - ANS ✔Possible Signs
The most certain signs that labor has truly started, that the cervix is dilating. Include:
progressing contractions, water breaking - ANS ✔Positive Signs
The back of the baby's head points toward the pregnant person's front - ANS ✔Occiput Anterior
(OA)
The back of the baby's head points toward the pregnant person's side - ANS ✔Occiput
Transverse (OT)
The back of the baby's head points toward the pregnant person's back - ANS ✔Occiput Posterior
(OP)
already passed
Stage before real labor, with no progressing uterine contractions - ANS ✔Prolabor
These are more important than "Possible Signs", but real labor could still be hours or even days
away. Include: no progressing contractions, water leaks, mucus discharge - ANS ✔Prelabor Signs
Late pregnancy changes. Tuning up. Do not indicate that the cervix is dilating. They happen on
and off for days before prelabor. Include: vague nagging backache, restlessness, soft bowel
movements, feeling sick, cramps, bursts of energy, nesting - ANS ✔Possible Signs
The most certain signs that labor has truly started, that the cervix is dilating. Include:
progressing contractions, water breaking - ANS ✔Positive Signs
The back of the baby's head points toward the pregnant person's front - ANS ✔Occiput Anterior
(OA)
The back of the baby's head points toward the pregnant person's side - ANS ✔Occiput
Transverse (OT)
The back of the baby's head points toward the pregnant person's back - ANS ✔Occiput Posterior
(OP)