Instructions:
- When you begin to have the tightening in your abdomen, click the
START button
- When the pain of your surge/contraction ends, click
STOP .
[you may still feel tight]
- Repeat again for your next few surges/contractions.
- When you have about five surges/contractions recorded. [5 contractions or about
1 hour]
- Look for a pattern of Duration and Frequency in the results.
- Duration shows how long your contractions last.
- Frequency shows how far apart your contractions are.
- T1: When your surges/contractions are about 20 minutes apart and are staying even
if you walk around or lay on your left side, you are in labor! This is the
time to get to the hospital.
- T2: When Duration > 1 minute, and Frequency <=
5 minutes. GET TO HOSPITAL!
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