cramplike

Women who do recognize early labor contractions often describe them as mild, cramplike pains that start deep in the abdomen and move downward toward the groin.

The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

Other signs are increased discharge of mucus from the vagina, sometimes blood-tinged, and cramplike pressure low in the abdomen.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

Other signs are increased discharge of mucus from the vagina, sometimes blood-tinged, and cramplike pressure low in the abdomen.

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008

There may be cramplike pains, especially in the legs, after exertion or exercise.

THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

The pain may be dull, as if the muscle had been bruised, but is often very sharp and cramplike.

The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

These pains, usually beginning as an aching sensation in the small of the back, turn in a short time into regularly recurring cramplike pains in the lower abdomen.

Emergency Childbirth A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help Training Course, Lesson No. 11 United States. Office of Civil Defense

They started from pathological cases of St. Vitus 'dance and released in the excitable crowds cramplike impulses to imitative movements.

Psychology and Social Sanity Hugo M��nsterberg 1889

Change Your Posture side stitches can be a maddening problem: the cramplike spasms set in suddenly and can ruin a good workout.

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