3. Just like your face, your vagina also wrinkles with age. It's a fact of life: The appearance of your lady parts may change with age. The labia may become less plump as estrogen levels wane, fatty pads in the labia shrink and less collagen can lead to more sagging, says Dr. Rankin.
The TOCO can NOT measure how strong a contraction is... it only tells you how LONG the contractions are.. and how OFTEN they are. Because it's measureing pressure through skin, fat, muscle ... it's not specific... the actual numbers would be different depending on where on your abdomen you place the monitor.
Preeclampsia occurs when a pregnant woman has high blood pressure and protein in her urine at any point after her 20th week of pregnancy. This condition is also called toxemia or pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). It only occurs during pregnancy, although in some cases, it can occur earlier than the 20th week.