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Why early labor can make you doubt your ability to recognize your body's signals

I'm having contractions but they're irregular and I can't tell if this is real labor, feeling stupid for not knowing what's happening in my own body.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The ambiguity of transitional states can create self-doubt about one's capacity to interpret personal experience.

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