I'm 35+1 with my second, which makes me feel dumb for asking this stuff, but this pregnancy is completely different (in a bad way) than my first ( Read more... )

I'm having contractions that I'm able to time. They're consistently 6-8 minutes apart and last about 2 minutes each. This has been going on for about two and a half hours now.

However only some of them hurt. The rest are just tightening. In fact, most of them don't hurt.

Is this something that "counts" or is it just BH? Should I be paying attention ( Read more... )

I have been having periodic but strong cramp-like feelings in my lower stomach region for a couple of days now. Sometimes they hurt enough that I have to breathe through them. My stomach isn't tightening along with them though so I'm not sure what they are? Any ideas. I'm generally well hydrated and not overdoing it. They happen whether I'm laying ( Read more... )

I think I'm probably being paranoid or overthinking things or something... but I'll be 39w tomorrow and my BH have just ... stopped. I've been getting them a lot throughout pregnancy, especially in the last two weeks - exercise always triggers them and in the last few weeks I've been getting them all the time, even if I'm sitting around doing ( Read more... )

this is totally Ask Dr LJ, but my new (NHS) midwife is crap and basically shrugs her shoulders at every question I ask ( Read more... )

Uhhhh! i'm 39 weeks tomorrow and i've been having braxton hicks contraction more regularly but they're still only braxton. I'm so ready to have this baby! Anyone else feeling anxious and impatient? :D

Hey there...I was in this community in 2010 when I was pregnant with my son, who is 20 months now. I'm now pregnant with my 2nd due September 21st, so hello again ( Read more... )

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Currently 18w1d. Everything is different about this pregnancy. Longer/worse nausea, SPD is starting already. Yay. Oh well.

But this is weird. Did anyone else start feeling Braxton Hicks this early? Did you find that you just needed more hydration? That was the usual cause of all my BH last time. It's not painful, just odd.

LOL  I'm 30 weeks along and this is my 3rd pregnancy.  With my first two pregnancies, by this point I'd get Braxton Hicks contractions if I over extended myself (walking all day, strenuous activity, etc)..  Rather than the short running ones I frequently hear about, mine go for 45 minutes to an hour... one long contraction.   They aren't painful, ( Read more... )