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Contractions

 
Contractions

Under the effects of the birth-inducing hormones, the muscles of the uterus contract at regular intervals.  They will start far apart and become progressively closer together as labour advances and the cervix dilates and thins out in preparation for the baby’s passage through the birth canal.



  
  

Sarah Horrocks
13/06/2006
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