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Painful periods are a clue to what giving birth will be like

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Lucknow : Most women experience period pain at some point in their lives.

For some, that ‘time of the month’ causes little or no discomfort, while for others it can be excruciating. 

Most of us dismiss period pain as just ‘one of those things’ and get on with it.

Dysmenorrhea, to use the technical term, can be anything from uncomfortable to excruciating.

 

Like a painful appointment you can’t wiggle out of that easily, cramps come around every month and then, happily, they go.

However, it seems the level of discomfort you feel can be a warning sign of what level of pain to expect from child birth. 

There’s an unpleasant inevitability about menstrual cramps for many women.

 

Period pain may seem like it’s “just one of those things’, but it may actually be trying to tell us something.

Namely, what level of pain we can expect from childbirth.

“Except with periods the pain stays about the same, whereas with labour it continues to increase and get worse until the baby is born.”

For anyone who regularly experiences severe period pain, this won’t exactly fill them with enthusiasm.

“And it does feel exactly like period pain. I have tested it three times with my children, so I can tell you as a doctor and a mother it’s exactly right.”

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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