When will you expect braxton hicks?

LiebeMama · April 2009

Ive heard many things about braxton hicks being the preparation your body is doing for labor, but around what week in an estimate do they start happening?

Perfectly.Imperfect · April 2009

I've heard they start around 6 weeks but you don't feel them until later in your pregnancy. I actually had my first BH this past week. It was... Interesting.

ETA: I should say I felt my first one this week.

Mike&Care · April 2009

I have a video that we watched last night and it said they should start around 25 weeks, but some first time mom's never notice them. I am a 2nd time mom and they started at 20 weeks. With my first I never noticed them, but remember thinking the baby would get really hard and my stomach would tighten... durr that was a contraction, I just didn't realize it.

HeyyRed · April 2009

I haven't felt anything as of yet. Except gas. Terrible terrible gas.

IselaCid · April 2009

Yep, you've had them through most of your pregnancy. I started feeling mine very early, while still in first tri. But I know what they feel like so I knew what it was. I had a LOT in the last tri with DS.

water-fairy · April 2009

I started getting BH by 16-17 weeks. I feel them occasionally a few times a week now.

MuckDiva · April 2009

Still waiting. Sometimes I think my stomach is getting harder but it turns out it is all in my head.

ChrissyK88 · April 2009

i never noticed them in either one of my previous pregs. but im having real strong painful ones already in this one...

jenniferb96 · April 2009

I started having then at 18 weeks. I wasnt sure if that is what it was since I didnt remember having them with DS, but I had an ultrasound done and they saw that I was having "contrations"

penguingrrl · April 2009

Everyone is different. My SIL started feeling them at 16 weeks with both of her pregnancies. I never felt them with my first pregnancy and still haven't this time.

LiebeMama · April 2009

I know I have not felt the baby move, maybe I have had a BH or two? I don't know, I have anxiety, so It could be just in my head. Its sometimes hard to determine whats actually happening or if its just my anxiety playing it up.