https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 20:54:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78834 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:24:45 +0000 skibobrown 78834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is one of those things where I was having them for a long time before I realized what they were. I think I started being pretty sure I was having BHs a little before 30 weeks... but I was definitely having them earlier than that. It was hard to tell the difference sometimes between normal baby movements when she presses her body out against my stomach and actual BH contractions. Now at 34 weeks they've become more uncomfortable for me, so I definitely know what they are when they happen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78815 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:48:58 +0000 tequiero21 78815@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think i started getting them around 30 weeks but i didn't realize it was b/h. my stomach tightened but i thought it was just the way i was sitting and there was no pain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78709 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:39:07 +0000 cupcakemama 78709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78705 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:31:12 +0000 pastemoo 78705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a week or three ago? i'm 27 weeks/ usually they're just weird, not painful. sometimes they hurt.</p> <p>not everyone feels them, but apparently everyone has them starting around week 7. not a typo--week seven. :O </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78573 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:17:35 +0000 SAHM0811 78573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>two kids, and i never had them... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78570 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:13:03 +0000 mamabolt 78570@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started having them at 19w (I'm 22w now). My midwife said it's not unusual, just keep an eye on whether I am having a ton of them or it's just occasional. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78555 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:46:00 +0000 yoursilverlining 78555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started having them around week 20 - they come and go (sometimes I have a bunch in a week, sometimes I go a week without having any). They are not painful at all, but you can tell when you are having them - its a very different feeling from "normal", or from baby movement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78547 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:37:36 +0000 looch 78547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had them either, I thought something was wrong with me, but I never had round ligament pain either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-78484 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:05:27 +0000 katdevargas 78484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had 2 at around 26-ish weeks. the very top of my belly tightened for just a few second &amp; released within a few minutes of each other. I've had a couple recently too - at 37 &amp; 38 weeks respectively, that I think? were BH - the right side of my belly, from my belly button to around my side a little bit, hurt, but there wasn't a lot of tightening &amp; my belly didn't get real hard or anything. but I did a google search &amp; everything I was able to find pointed at that. they lasted maybe 5 minutes each &amp; then went away </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44674 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:03:47 +0000 chopsuey 44674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started getting them in my 3rd trimester. Can't remember exactly when though. You'll probably start feeling them soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44510 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:32:13 +0000 MegWag 44510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked my mom tonight and she said she never had them. Maybe I'm just pre-disposed not to have them... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44509 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:28:34 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 44509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I started having them around 18 or 19 weeks. Like MsMini said, they're uncomfortable (especially the later you get in your pregnancy) but not painful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44492 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:28:13 +0000 MsMini 44492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am one of the "lucky" ones that started having them about 19 weeks, they are uncomfortable, but not painful. I did get concerned about them at first, before I visited the LDR girls down the hall and talked to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44447 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 11:07:44 +0000 MegWag 44447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks, ladies! I'd thought everyone had them at some point... it's interesting that so many never had them at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44385 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:52:25 +0000 littleveesmommy 44385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started getting them around week 31 but they were very random. It feels like your belly turned into a bowling ball for a bit, but mine went away once I changed positions or relaxed a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44366 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:10:51 +0000 cyndistar3 44366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I had them I didn't know it </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44363 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:10:03 +0000 pelikila 44363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had any. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44362 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:07:27 +0000 buttertrifle 44362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did you ever feel like your belly is hard as a rock or tighten like a knot all over? For most, BH feels like that. I started having them at 30 weeks. Sometimes, while walking, I have the urge to push because I thought I wanted to pee, but that was just a BH. Some never ever felt them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44347 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:11:37 +0000 Clementine 44347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started getting them beginning of my third trimester. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44270 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:17:30 +0000 banana 44270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started getting them around week 34. It basically just feels like your stomach is getting a muscle cramp. It gets really really "tight" for a few seconds and then it relaxes. And then it'll happen again. I wouldn't say that it hurts. Just feels a bit uncomfortable. Feels totally different from labor contractions (at least to me). Labor contractions hurt WAAAAAAY more. LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44259 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:58:24 +0000 DpeachLu 44259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 25 weeks and 5 days and dont believe Ive had any yet, as well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44254 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:51:22 +0000 heffalump 44254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had any. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-when-did-you-start-having-them#post-44252 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:48:53 +0000 MegWag 44252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm nearly 30 weeks and still haven't had any BHs (not that I'm complaining...) I'd know if I was having them, right?<br /> When do you start having BHs? </p>