Best misunderstanding of a medical term

[geminigirl]

"Because I went into "pre-drama" labor on Wed the week prior to DD's birth (that's what the MW called it - basically, I was having contractions 5 min apart, 1 min long for 5 days - but I wasn't dialating or anything else)"

(From a pregnancy message board I was reading today)

Comments

[bicrim.livejournal.com]

The correct term for an extended early labor is "prodromal".

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Oh,. thanks, I didn't know that.