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When did you start getting BHs?

seawatch06seawatch06
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I started getting them a few days ago and I feel like this is a little early compared to last time... maybe it's all the toddler lifting I do all day? I know I am not drinking enough water so I am trying to do a better job about that. Just curious when you all started getting them.
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Re: When did you start getting BHs?

  • JoBieger05JoBieger05
    I was wondering the same thing. I have no clue what they'll feel like, but I could have sworn I had a couple yesterday.
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  • laurasuelaurasue member
    I'm assuming what I felt was BH and I noticed one for the first time around 19 weeks. I have a tiny bladder so I notice that having to pee really triggers them. I'm planning to talk to my doctor on Monday to see if that's really what they are.
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  • twentysixTtwentysixT
    What are BH's? 
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  • KendraJoetteKendraJoette member
    you start having them around 6 weeks, but most people dont feel them until 26weeks... but with a second baby you are more likely to feel them (& feel them earlier)
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  • seawatch06seawatch06
    oh sorry! Braxton Hicks.
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  • KendraJoetteKendraJoette member

    imagetwentysixT:
    What are BH's? 

     

    your uterus contracts through out your pregnancy to practice for labor... BH (braxton hicks contractions) are contractions (you can feel them but not usually until after 26 weeks, but everyone is different) but arent as painful as real contractions and they should stop if you change positions (if you are standing and feel them they should go away if you lie down & vice versa) 

     Lots of people say they dont hurt, but some people experience pain with them... in general most people describe it as their stomach getting hard, and uncomfortable but not painful.

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  • laurasuelaurasue member
    imageKendraJoette:

     Lots of people say they dont hurt, but some people experience pain with them... in general most people describe it as their stomach getting hard, and uncomfortable but not painful.

    This sounds exactly like what I was feeling. I was laying in bed reading and suddenly my uterus turned as hard as a rock.

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  • StrawberryAlarmClockStrawberryAlarmClock member
    Somewhere around 20-22 wks. There for a while I was getting them all day long & had to go in to L&D. Turns out I have an "irritable uterus". I just got 2 contraction walking to the mailbox an hour ago. Grrr
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