After a few weeks of false contractions or Braxton-hicks contractions which are called practice contractions, it may be time for the true labor. So how does a true contraction feel like? The uterus is a muscular organ and it contracts and relaxes. This is nature’s…

An episiotomy is a surgical incision used to enlarge the vaginal opening to help deliver a baby. Since most first time mothers tear naturally during birth, the idea was that episiotomies could help the process by making the tear cleaner and better cut, than the…

Just the other day, I got a call from one of my friends, who was pregnant. My friend was telling me, she is only 30 weeks pregnant, but has been experiencing tightening of her abdomen, once in a while, which do not hurt but are…