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Labor and Delivery (cont.)

When you suspect you are in true labor, call your health care provider. Also call:

If you think your water has broken
If you are bleeding (more than spotting)
When your contractions are very uncomfortable and have been coming every five minutes for an hour

Your health care provider will give you specific guidelines about when you should get ready to come to the hospital.

Reviewed by the doctors at The Cleveland Clinic Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Edited by Tracy Shuman, MD, November 2005.

Portions of this page © The Cleveland Clinic 2000-2003

Last Editorial Review: 1/31/2005 8:09:47 AM

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