https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1049938 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 14:32:01 +0000 Vegmama 1049938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What if your body just doesn't feel contractions?!? Ha, wouldn't that be amazing?! Excited for your next few weeks ... 36 weeks is so exciting! Not too much longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1046948 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:11:24 +0000 Colee 1046948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the responses ladies! I feel much better knowing that I'm not the only one! I guess I'll consider myself lucky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1046099 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:51:28 +0000 blackbird 1046099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't feel any until I was 40+ weeks along and they were in my back! Even then, i wasn't 100% sure what it was </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1046063 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:39:07 +0000 babynumber1 1046063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never felt them until labor, but when hooked up to the nonstress test at 37 weeks, you could clearly see them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045995 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 10:13:38 +0000 Grace 1045995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at 40+5 and haven't felt one either! Hopefully, you'll get one before then. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045782 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:00:04 +0000 regberadaisy 1045782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Colee: I never felt BH contractions either. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045776 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:58:15 +0000 JerricaBenton 1045776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never felt any contractions until I was induced. I had to be monitored at the hospital a few times and I was having tons of contractions but never felt them. Once I knew when they were happening via the monitor, I could tell, but when I was just out and about in daily life, I never felt them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045420 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:40:52 +0000 Ree723 1045420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had any contractions either until 39+6 when I felt some extremely mild contractions. Labor started that night and LO was born on her due date.</p> <p>Apparently not feeling BH is totally normal for first babies, but with subsequent babies, they are much more common. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045412 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:21:53 +0000 tysonja 1045412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>37 weeks with LO#2 and i also have never had braxton hicks before -- for this pregnancy or the last. i'm glad cause contractions are not a lot of fun :*( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045403 Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:15:59 +0000 lamariniere 1045403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had a single contraction that I could feel until a few hours after my water broke! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045336 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:29:59 +0000 HLK208 1045336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had these a lot with baby #2 but not with my first (well, I did but that was the day before I delivered). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045327 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 22:16:34 +0000 lolabee 1045327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a one until 37 + 5 when I went into labour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045308 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:42:38 +0000 Penny Lane 1045308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had a single contraction until my waters broke at 40+1! not even minor period cramps or anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045293 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 21:30:23 +0000 Corduroy 1045293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't feel any BH until about three days before my due date. I must have been having them regardless because the doctor would tell me I was having contractions during non stress tests at the end. I naively hoped that might mean I must have a high pain tolerance and might not even really feel labor. Ha! Turned out I felt the real contractions just like everyone else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045202 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:41:21 +0000 jmarionsmith 1045202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i never had a contraction until i went into labor at 40+6 weeks. it kinda worried me but everything was fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045196 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:40:05 +0000 googly-eyes 1045196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't remember having them either. Maybe light BH but nothing painful. Long labor sort of made up for that, lol. (It was long because they didn't break my water and it wouldn't break and that slowed it.. Doesn't mean yours will be long!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045142 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:21:07 +0000 heffalump 1045142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't feel any contractions until I went into labor the day before my due date. They're no fun, consider yourself lucky :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045126 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:15:55 +0000 cascademom 1045126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't have BH either. Contractions started my labor. They didn't feel all belly tightening as they told us in class. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045121 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:13:57 +0000 Foodnerd81 1045121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never really had any until later- like 38 plus weeks when I definitely did feel some. At 36 weeks I thought I was missing something!</p> <p>I went into labor on my own one day before due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045116 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:11:44 +0000 luckypenny 1045116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never had Braxton hicks and I didn't deliver until 41+4 ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045114 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:11:12 +0000 travelgirl1 1045114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was exactly the same. I had a planned C-section at 40 weeks and still never had a contraction. Blessed, eh? From what I've heard about contractions, I'm not complaining :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045109 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:09:48 +0000 matador84 1045109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't feel any contractions until my water broke on it's own and then contractions were almost immediate. It was wild. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045104 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:05:34 +0000 Lindsay05 1045104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO #1 I never felt any braxton hicks at all. I felt left out as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045103 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:04:32 +0000 MrsHotDog 1045103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never felt any BH or contractions with my first either! Not sure if it is related or not, but I never dilated either before my induction. She was cozy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045093 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:59:01 +0000 MrsF 1045093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was induced at 36 weeks and I don't think I ever really felt a contraction before that. Sometimes my belly felt a little harder than usual but I was never really sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/36-weeks-and-ive-never-felt-any-kind-of-contraction-is-this-normal#post-1045084 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 19:55:32 +0000 Colee 1045084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not even Braxton Hicks! My belly is always very hard and I've never noticed any further tightening or hardening. Last night I woke up with dull to medium pain, like my period was going to start. But it was constant, no starting and stopping.</p> <p>Has anyone else experienced this? All of the pregnant people I've talked to say they've felt Braxton Hicks at least occasionally or throughout their pregnancies, so I'm feeling left out! </p>