What is a Contracting Uterus actually doing? A conversation with Dr. Roger Young, OB/scientist

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Today we'll take a bit of a dive into the mechanics of how a uterus contracts.

This is actually really important because drawing meaning from patterns of uterine contractions is how many doctors and midwives manage labor.

I'm talking with Dr. Roger Young today, an OB scientist who studies, among other things, the details of how a uterus contracts.

Dr Young's paper on Uterine contractions (with illustration):
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002937822008602#fig1