https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 12 May 2026 06:22:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110762 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:03:11 +0000 winniebee 110762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started getting them at 27 weeks. At first, they were really random and were just a tightening and hardening of my uterus- if you look at your stomach when you are having them, you can see your stomach take on a new shape. They didn't hurt. The general rule of thumb is that if you are getting them, drink a lot of water and rest. </p> <p>My OB instructed me to call if I had them every 15 mins (or more frequently). The big thing about BH is that sometimes they are difficult to distinguish from real contractions (which is accompanied by low back pain or uterine cramping). </p> <p>For me, over the course of 3 weeks, they became more frequent and they never went away with water or rest. Then I developed real contractions (which for me, felt like a BH contraction with menstrual cramps). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110761 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:02:51 +0000 heffalump 110761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I had very many, if any. I got lucky! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110711 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:39:59 +0000 owlmom 110711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had BH without realizing it for the last month or so of my pregnancy. To me it felt like LO was pressing against my lower abdomen. I figured she was running out of room and trying to stretch out. I didn't know that it was actually contractions and not just baby movements until I had a NST. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110689 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:51:19 +0000 bpcmarj 110689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just started noticing them about a week ago, between 35 and 36 weeks. I seem to get them a lot when I am at work. My midwife said that she thinks that something is bothering my uterus, and it's likely because I sit in a desk chair all day and my upper body is totally compressed...ugh.</p> <p>At this point, I get them VERY often. They don't hurt, they just feel strange and are more annoying than anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110684 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:43:21 +0000 twinmama 110684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've just recently started noticing them...around 23-24 weeks. They don't hurt at all - just a gradual tightening, belly feels hard, then a gradual relaxing, and belly is squishy again. Definitely a similar 'wave' idea to what a labor contraction will eventually feel like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110680 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:36:58 +0000 MsMini 110680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have felt them since 16 weeks, they are usually just uncomfortable/heavy feeling, and last about a minute at a time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110668 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:15:00 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 110668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had so many! They're just a tightening of your belly for a minute or so... and I had them every few minutes - SO ANNOYING! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110664 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:07:13 +0000 pastemoo 110664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>some yes, some no, since 27 or defintely by 28 weeks i felt them </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110645 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:28:43 +0000 mrsjazz 110645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not painful at all. Just my uterus tightening. I've had them since about 16 weeks pregnant and they last about a minute or less for me. Getting them more in this final trimester. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110643 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:25:04 +0000 chopsuey 110643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Had lots and lots of BH. They're weren't painful. Just lots of tightening and discomfort. In my 3rd trimester I got them really often. Thought they were contractions because they came every 7 mins or so at times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks#post-110637 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:21:05 +0000 mediagirl 110637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you experience these? What did they feel like? How long did they last? Were they painful or just more annoying than anything else? </p>