{"id":82942,"date":"2020-04-26T00:42:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T06:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/uncategorized\/braxton-hicks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T07:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T13:43:17","slug":"braxton-hicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/giving-birth\/braxton-hicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Contracciones de Braxton Hicks: causas, s\u00edntomas y alivio del dolor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Es posible que haya o\u00eddo la curiosa frase \u201c<\/span><b>contracciones de Braxton Hicks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d antes de quedarse embarazada, pero ahora querr\u00e1 saber qu\u00e9 significa<\/span>. El t\u00e9rmino se origin\u00f3 en 1872, cuando un m\u00e9dico ingl\u00e9s llamado John Braxton Hicks describi\u00f3 las contracciones que se producen antes del parto real. Imagine pensar constantemente: &#8220;Tiene que ser esto&#8221;, para luego descubrir que no lo era. Los m\u00e9dicos y las mujeres embarazadas deben agradecer al Dr. Hicks que eliminara la confusi\u00f3n. La siguiente informaci\u00f3n le resultar\u00e1 \u00fatil para determinar la diferencia entre el parto real y las <strong>contracciones de Braxton Hicks<\/strong>.    <\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\"><a style=\"cursor: pointer; color: #fff\" class=\"post_video_btn\">Watch Video<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQu\u00e9 son las contracciones de Braxton Hicks?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Las contracciones de Braxton Hicks pueden comenzar ya en el <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/pregnancy\/pregnancy-health-wellness\/second-trimester\/\"><b>segundo trimestre<\/b><\/a>. Sin embargo, se experimentan con mayor frecuencia en el <a title=\"Desarrollo fetal: tercer trimestre\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/while-pregnant\/third-trimester\/\">tercer trimestre<\/a>. Cuando esto ocurre, los m\u00fasculos del \u00fatero se tensan durante aproximadamente 30 a 60 segundos, y a veces hasta dos minutos.  <\/p>\n<p>Las de Braxton Hicks tambi\u00e9n se denominan \u201ccontracciones de pr\u00e1ctica\u201d porque son una preparaci\u00f3n para el evento real y permiten la oportunidad de practicar los ejercicios de respiraci\u00f3n ense\u00f1ados en las <a title=\"Clases de educaci\u00f3n para el parto\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/uncategorized\/childbirth-education-classes\/\">clases de preparaci\u00f3n al parto<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 se siente con las contracciones de Braxton Hicks?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las contracciones de Braxton Hicks comienzan como un tensado inc\u00f3modo pero <\/span><b>indoloro que se inicia en la parte superior de los m\u00fasculos uterinos y se extiende hacia abajo<\/b>. Hacen que el abdomen se vuelva muy duro y extra\u00f1amente contorsionado (casi puntiagudo). A medida que se acerque a su <a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/resources\/pregnancy-calculator-2\/\">fecha probable de parto<\/a>, se volver\u00e1n m\u00e1s frecuentes e intensas.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Se describen como:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Irregulares en intensidad y suelen durar entre 15 y 30 segundos, aunque a veces llegan a los dos minutos<\/li>\n<li>Infrecuentes<\/li>\n<li>Impredecibles<\/li>\n<li>No r\u00edtmicas<\/li>\n<li>M\u00e1s inc\u00f3modas que dolorosas (aunque para algunas mujeres las de Braxton Hicks pueden resultar dolorosas)<\/li>\n<li>No aumentan en intensidad ni en frecuencia<\/li>\n<li>Disminuyen gradualmente y luego desaparecen por completo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Si sus contracciones est\u00e1n remitiendo de alguna manera, lo m\u00e1s probable es que sean de Braxton Hicks.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfQu\u00e9 causa las contracciones de Braxton Hicks?<\/h3>\n<p>Existen posibles causas para estas contracciones. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Algunos m\u00e9dicos y <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/uncategorized\/midwives\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">matronas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creen que desempe\u00f1an un papel en la <\/span><b>tonificaci\u00f3n del m\u00fasculo uterino y en el fomento del flujo sangu\u00edneo a la placenta.<\/b> No se cree que intervengan en la dilataci\u00f3n del cuello uterino, pero podr\u00edan tener alg\u00fan impacto en el ablandamiento del mismo. <\/p>\n<p>Sin embargo, a medida que las contracciones de Braxton Hicks se intensifican al acercarse el momento del alumbramiento, a menudo se denominan <a title=\"Falso Parto\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/uncategorized\/false-labor\/\">falso parto<\/a>. Cuando esto ocurre, puede ayudar al proceso de dilataci\u00f3n y <a title=\"Borramiento\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/labor-and-birth\/effacement\/\">borramiento<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3>\u00bfQu\u00e9 desencadena las contracciones de Braxton Hicks?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Los siguientes son desencadenantes de las de Braxton Hicks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cuando la madre o el beb\u00e9 est\u00e1n muy activos<\/li>\n<li>Si alguien toca el vientre de la madre<\/li>\n<li>Cuando la vejiga est\u00e1 llena<\/li>\n<li>Despu\u00e9s de tener relaciones sexuales<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Deshidrataci\u00f3n durante el embarazo\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/pregnancy-complications\/dehydration-pregnancy\/\">Deshidrataci\u00f3n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00bfQu\u00e9 puedo hacer para aliviar las contracciones de Braxton Hicks?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cambie de posici\u00f3n. Puede tumbarse si ha estado de pie o dar un paseo si ha estado sentada o acostada <\/li>\n<li>Tome un ba\u00f1o tibio durante 30 minutos o menos<\/li>\n<li>Dado que las contracciones pueden ser provocadas por la <a title=\"Deshidrataci\u00f3n durante el embarazo\" href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/pregnancy-complications\/dehydration-pregnancy\/\">deshidrataci\u00f3n<\/a>, beba un par de vasos de agua<\/li>\n<li>Beba una taza tibia de leche o de infusi\u00f3n de hierbas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Si ninguno de estos pasos funciona, debe ponerse en contacto con su profesional sanitario.<\/p>\n<style>.codegena{position:relative;width:100%;height:0;padding-bottom:56.27198%;margin:30px auto 20px;}.codegena iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"codegena\" id=\"watch-video\"><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-cookieconsent=\"estad\u00edsticas, marketing\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q34al4vkwxI?&theme=dark&autohide=2&rel=0\"frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><div class=\"cookieconsent-optout-statistics cookieconsent-optout-marketing\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"font-size: 0.8em\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"citation-date\"><!--more-->\u00bfDesea saber m\u00e1s? Lea los siguientes art\u00edculos:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"citation-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/uncategorized\/signs-of-labor\/\">Signos del parto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/es\/pregnancy\/pregnancy-pains\/\">Dolores del embarazo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/americanpregnancy.org\/labor-and-birth\/what-is-the-first-stage-of-labor\/\">Etapas del parto: Etapa 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"citation-heading\">Recopilado utilizando informaci\u00f3n de las siguientes fuentes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"citation-source\">1. William\u2019s Obstetrics Vig\u00e9sima segunda ed. Cunningham, F. Gary, et al, Cap.  17.<\/p>\n<p class=\"citation-source\">2. Gu\u00eda de la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/\">Mayo Clinic<\/a> para un embarazo saludable Harms, Roger W., M.D., et al, Cap. 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Es posible que haya o\u00eddo la curiosa frase \u201ccontracciones de Braxton Hicks\u201d antes de quedarse embarazada, pero ahora querr\u00e1 saber qu\u00e9 significa. El t\u00e9rmino se origin\u00f3 en 1872, cuando un m\u00e9dico ingl\u00e9s llamado John Braxton Hicks describi\u00f3 las contracciones que se producen antes del parto real. 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