3rd Trimester
macaroni1979
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Anyone having braxton hicks every night?
macaroni1979
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I'm really not noticing them during the day, but once I sit down at night, they are pretty regular. And it is every single night. Just curious if anyone else is experiencing the same, or if this might be a precursor to PTL (went into labor with DD at 31 weeks.) TIA!
Josie Cailin 7/25/08
Asher Mason 7/19/10
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Re: Anyone having braxton hicks every night?
I get them all the time - mostly at night as well and sometimes they get pretty uncomfortable and sometimes hurt a fair bit. With my first two pregnancies, they started around the 15 week mark and were continuous right through until the end (full term with both - 1st: 42 weeks and 2nd: 39weeks).
If you are concerned, you can talk about it with your Dr:) I'm not concerned for myself, just because of my past experiences with them.
Im at 38 weeks. Up until a few weeks ago I used to get them whenever I got up from a sitting position...or after going pee.
Now they wake me up every night. they are really intense and even sometimes painful
Yep, I can practically set my clock to mine. Every night around 8 pm for the last week they start, and absolutely take my breath away. They are becoming more painful as the days go on.
I did find out Sunday that I was beginning to dialate, and today's appt says I'm a little more dialated than before but not much more. He said 1-2 cm this time, as opposed to a definite answer.
He told me if I have more than 5 in hr or they're coming every 2 mins with pain to go to L&D. I'd definitely talk to my doc about it just to see what he/she says.
Eleanor Noelle - 18/05/12 Claire Elisabeth - 16/-5/10
Yes...but I only figured out for sure what BH were at 36 weeks. Before then, I thought it was just LO pushing against my stomach....which kind of scares me because I think I've been feeling BH before 36 weeks and just didn't know it. Ever since then, I've been feeling them every day, mostly in the evenings, but lately I've been feeling them in the mornings, too.
I would say that if they're not painful, don't worry about them that much. It's different for everyone - some women experience BH that are painful pretty early on and it turns out to be nothing. Definitely watch them, and if they become timeable then it's time to call the doctor.