INTERNAL CAUSES THAT INDUCE UTERINE CONTRACTION:
1INTRAUTERINE INFLAMMATION, INFECTION (THE MOST COMMON CAUSE).
2ABNORMAL PLACENTA: FOR EXAMPLE, PLACENTA PREVIA, PREMATURE PLACENTAL SEPARATION.
3ABNORMAL UTERUS: FOR EXAMPLE, BICORNERED UTERUS, UTERINE FIBROMA.
4ENLARGED UTERUS: FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES OR EXCESSIVE AMNIOTIC FLUID.
5INCOMPLETE CERVICAL STENOSIS (PAINLESS CERVICAL DILATION).
6THE PREGNANT WOMAN SMOKES OR DRINKS ALCOHOL.
7THE PREGNANT WOMAN HAS DISEASES: FOR EXAMPLE, PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION, THYROID PROBLEMS, AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES.
8THE PREGNANT WOMAN HAS A HISTORY OF PREMATURE LABOR.
9THE PREGNANT WOMAN ENGAGES IN EXCESSIVE OR OVERWEIGHTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
10THE PREGNANT WOMAN HAS SEVERE TRAUMA OR UNDERGOES MAJOR SURGERY.
11THE AGE OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN IS TOO YOUNG (LESS THAN17YEARS OLD) OR OLDER (GREATER THAN35YEARS OLD).
12THE FETUS ITSELF HAS CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES.
13UNCAUSED EARLY UTERINE CONTRACTION.
EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT INDUCE UTERINE CONTRACTION:
SOME EXTERNAL FORCES CAN ALSO INDUCE STRONGER UTERINE CONTRACTION IN PREGNANT WOMEN, FOR EXAMPLE:
1LIFTING/CARRYING HEAVY OBJECTS, THE PREGNANT WOMAN NEEDS TO USE HER LOWER BACK AND ABDOMINAL STRENGTH, WHICH CAN CAUSE ABDOMINAL COMPRESSION AND STIMULATE UTERINE CONTRACTION.
2STRESS, FATIGUE, PUT DOWN WORK OR OTHER STRESSES, AND NATURALLY REDUCE MANY CONTRACTIONS.
3SEXUAL ACTIVITY CAN INDUCE PREMATURE LABOR, AND VIOLENT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE CAN INDUCE UTERINE CONTRACTION.
4INTENSE EXERCISE, IF THE PREGNANT WOMAN IS ALREADY PRONE TO UTERINE CONTRACTION OR PREMATURE LABOR, IT IS BEST TO AVOID IT AND REST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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