A 26-year-old woman who is pregnant with her first child is admitted to the obstetrics unit with a diagnosis of cervical insufficiency. Based upon the patient's diagnosis, how is she most likely to describe her symptoms?
1. "I've been having contractions every four hours."
2. "My cervical pain has gotten much worse over the past two days."
3. "I'm not having any pain, but my contractions are getting stronger."
4. "I'm not having any pain and I don't feel any contractions."
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale: Cervical insufficiency (formerly called incompetent cervix) is painless dilatation of the cervix without contractions due to a structural or functional defect of the cervix.
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