Time contractions periodically. Don't become a slave to the stopwatch just yet – it's stressful and exhausting to record every contraction over the many long hours of labor, and it isn't necessary.

The ones that exist often skip from " Is that a contraction?" to "It's time to push!" to a healthy baby. As a result, people may have questions about when and how to push during labor, exactly.

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a new imaging tool, called electromyometrial imaging (EMMI), to create real-time, three-dimensional images and maps of ...