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26 weekers & Braxton hicks

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...How often are you feeling them? What do they feel like to you?
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Re: 26 weekers & Braxton hicks

  • samakasrcsamakasrc member
    I started getting them at 18 weeks. I got 4 or 5 a day. They feel like my insides are tightening up and then release a few seconds later. No pain, its just uncomfortable for a minute. If you drink more water they sometimes slow down a bit. I went from 5 or 6 a day to 2 or 3 this week by drinking more water. My dr isn't concerned as long as I don't get more than 4 in an hour...
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  • Halen0804Halen0804 member
    I don't know if I am having any.  I don't think I am. 
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  • Laura0575Laura0575 member

    I had a couple yesterday and a couple just now in the shower.

    It feels like my stomach is spontaneously tightening and it makes it a little hard to take a breath.

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  • EricsWife2005EricsWife2005 member
    I'm 25 weeks, haven't felt one yet.
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  • CMSullivan326CMSullivan326 member
    I started feeling them about 21 weeks...it feels like a strong, tightening feeling in my lower stomach and the muscles it rock hard for about 15-20 seconds and then it stops...like some of the PPs said, it doesn't hurt it's just uncomfortable and depending on how strong they are it may take your breath away for a second...and I would feel them sometimes 2-3 times a day and sometimes not at all...it's died off a lot though...
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  • bensbride225bensbride225 member
    I'm 26 wks today and have been feeling them occasionally for the past month... I'd say they've picked up in the past week or so and I feel them sporadically a few times a day now.  Just a tightening in my abdomen; my belly is considerably firmer to the touch.  Not painful at all.
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  • shirlsshirls
    I've been feeling them since 16-17 weeks.  I probably get about 4/day. They feel like a tightening of the stomach area...usually  lasts about 30s or less.
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  • plainjanie1plainjanie1 member
    I'm not 26 weeks yet, but I assume what I've been having are BHs as well.  They've been coming on and off, about 3 times an hour and last about 30 seconds a piece.  My belly gets really hard and tight and feels uncomfortable, then goes away.
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  • *speedracer**speedracer* member
    i only feel them when i'm in a certain position, like getting out of a car.  my stomach gets really hard for maybe 20 seconds.  it doesn't hurt.
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