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Contractions Difference False Labor Versus True Regular Increase

Front What is the difference between contractions during false labor versus true labor?
Back In the former, contractions are not regular and do not increase in intensity or frequency; contractions come and go.
In the latter, contractions, once started, consistently get stronger and closer together; change in position does not relieve contractions.

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