前ぜん駆く陣じん痛つう

noun

Braxton-Hicks contractions; false labor pains

Medical term for irregular, painless uterine contractions that occur before true labor. Often explained as 'practice contractions'.

See also: 陣痛

• 妊にん娠しん後こう期きになると、前ぜん駆く陣じん痛つうを感かんじることがあります。

  In late pregnancy, you may feel Braxton-Hicks contractions.

• 前ぜん駆く陣じん痛つうは本ほん物ものの陣じん痛つうと違ちがって不ふ規き則そくです。

  Braxton-Hicks contractions are irregular, unlike true labor pains.