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Blind and Powerless: the Condition of Labor and Life
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Blind and Powerless: the Condition of Labor and Life

I learned a new term yesterday: prodromal labor.

I started noticing regular if mild contractions around 12 pm. Around 3, we started prepping for labor, just after I took this picture. By 6, they had been about 6 minutes apart for hours, but they still weren’t very strong. By 9 pm, they decreased and then stopped altogether. After 9 hours of contractions, the show was over.

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