Kind of odd question but I never see anything about this. When I get BH contractions they make the feeling of needing to pee WAY worse! I don't even feel the need to then the BH contraction comes and I need to. Sooo, when the real contractions come is this a big issue? I'm just concerned that on top of having contraction pain I will have that extra pain of needing to pee!
Re: Contractions and needing to pee
According to my doctor, when your bladder is too full, it causes BH contractions, so it may be that you actually should have peed before and they are intensifying the feeling. I don't know...just a thought.
My water broke before I started having hard hitting contractions so I'm not really sure. Once your water breaks, you are constantly leaking fluids so it kind of just feels gross any way....I don't remember feeling like I had to pee all the time. Then once I got my epi, you don't feel the need to pee at all. The nurses come in a cath you instead. They straight cathed me meaning they came in and drained my bladder every so often and did not give me the kind that stays in.
This.. but I'm a FTM so I can't say for "real" contractions
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I went into PTL around 31wks with my DS. My Dr told me to make sure that I emptied my bladder regularly because like a PP said a full bladder can actually cause you to have BH.
When I went into labor and started having real contractions, I didn't feel the need to pee at all.
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Yep, that is what my OB told me too. The extra pressure from your bladder causes the contraction.