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Braxton hicks?

daniellelovesjacobdaniellelovesjacob member
in August 2014 Moms
Can someone please explain to me what a Braxton hick feels like?? With my son, who turns 2 on Friday, I didn't feel any pain until I started having contractions 8 hours before he was born. My contractions with him were also immediately 4 minutes apart and very strong. I never had any Braxton hicks with him. The last few days especially I have been having a lot of sharp pains but they don't last long. What the heck? I am 16 days away from my due date.
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  • shevaCCshevaCC member
    She's posted a few times before -- I recognize her cute DS!

    I'm in the exact same boat as you. Well, except that those pains just started last night and I'm 40+2. No BH with DD, so I was hopeful yesterday might be it. Guess not? I thought BH weren't supposed to be painful but who really knows what's normal or not at this point.
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  • daniellelovesjacobdaniellelovesjacob member
    Thank you! Those pictures are form when he was 6 months and now he is almost 2. Obviously I need to update. Your DD is adorable!!

    I hate the waiting game. Were you late with your daughter too? I have an appointment in the morning and am hoping I'm dilated but not excepting to be.
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    daniellelovesjacob said:
    Thank you! Those pictures are form when he was 6 months and now he is almost 2. Obviously I need to update. Your DD is adorable!!

    I hate the waiting game. Were you late with your daughter too? I have an appointment in the morning and am hoping I'm dilated but not excepting to be.
    DD was born on her due date, so I'm already 2 days into the most pregnant I have ever been. At last week's appointment, I was a fingertip dilated, so better than nothing I suppose. I keep hoping!
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  • Eena1242Eena1242 member
    My BH aren't painful. Most of the time I don't notice them unless I feel my stomach (it gets really hard like a flexed muscle). Sometimes they make me short of breath. I don't know if that's helpful or not though because BH feel different for every woman.

    The only sharp kind of pains I occasionally get is a nerve pain (according to my doctor). As the baby keeps getting lower, sometimes there is so much pressure, and a sharp pain radiates through my back, but doesn't last long.
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  • lestex lestex member
    My braxton hicks always feel like my uterus tightening around my baby. It's a hard squeeze. It's a mild pain that usually requires me to walk slower or control my breathing better. It's only in the stomache, no where else.

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