Pre-labor

Senkwehen ( Braxton Hicks contractions open the cervix not ) care during pregnancy for the mother of a baby that the baby slips deeper into the mother's pelvis and occupies a convenient location for the birth.

The first child this usually happens earlier ( four to six weeks before birth ), the second slips often only shortly before birth into the pelvis of the mother, because it is already positioned even lower.

The Senkwehen have a small effect on the cervix. In contrast to / from the opening of Woe ( n ) the distances of the Senkwehen are irregular - between the individual contractions can be hours or even days.

Subjectively, one feels the Senkwehen as an unpleasant dragging in the belly down, which may radiate to the thighs and the back. Sometimes they are even perceived as extremely painful.