Pregnancy is one of the most complicated things that we endure as human beings. The birth of our children is magical, and is a wonder from start to finish. One of the scariest parts of pregnancy health for most couples is knowing when labor is or is not happening. False labor pains can certainly fool us, and they are a normal part of pregnancy. Here are some things to consider about false labor and real labor:

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Do words matter, or is it just semantics?

A recent article in the USA Today highlights a study showing that nurses, student nurses and people with no health care backgrounds all “reported a greater likeliness to forgo resuscitation if ‘allow natural death’ was used.”

Palliative care physician Christian Sinclair sheds more light on the topic, noting the ambiguity of “Allow natural death.”

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Anybody that suffers from panic attacks on a regular basis understands the horror of chest pains that they can not seem to explain. One of the hallmarks of panic attacks and panic disorder is a generalized chest pain that can mimic a heart attack quite well. So well, in fact, that discerning the difference between a heart attack and a panic attack has to be done by a doctor. Heart attacks are something that you can not afford to guess at. (more…)