first stage
the first stage of labor.
Uterine rupture is bursting of the uterus. The medical term is uterorrhexis or hysterrhexis.
Uterine contractions have the same name in medical terminology and lay language. The medical terminology combining form meaning uterine contractions is toco-.
Ture
Uterine rupture: 0.2-1.5% of attempted VBACs among women with a low transverse uterine scar will end in uterine rupture, compared to 12% of women with a classic uterine incision.
Oxytocin
A medication that inhibits uterine contractions.
Afterpains is the pain caused by uterine contractions experienced after childbirth.
Oxytocin
UC means Uterine Contractions.
The strongest indication that contractions are occurring in association with true labor is that the contractions begin to occur at regular intervals. This is contrary to Braxton-Hicks contractions, which are spontaneous, random uterine contractions that do not occur with actual labor.
I think you may be referring to what are called "Braxton-Hicks" contractions.