https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 30 May 2026 07:27:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-braxton-hicks-ever-hurt#post-936254 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:12:13 +0000 MsLipGloss 936254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@char54: Are you counting these? The advice given to me was that if I had more than 5 BHs in one hour I was supposed to go in and get checked out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-braxton-hicks-ever-hurt#post-936228 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:04:44 +0000 Pepper 936228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had them starting at 16 weeks, and towards the end they would get pretty uncomfortable. As baby grew, the tightening would cause more discomfort. They were never acutely painful though. RLP would cause sharp pains when I moved a certain way though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-braxton-hicks-ever-hurt#post-935984 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:04:27 +0000 Charm54 935984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been wondering this too. For the past hour I've had pain on and off...it feels just like period cramps. Lasts for a minute or so, then goes away. A few minutes later they come back. I'm 31 weeks and hoping it's just Braxton Hicks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-braxton-hicks-ever-hurt#post-935931 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:53:10 +0000 MsLipGloss 935931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it a localized pain or pain throughout your belly? I had a lot of RLP (painful with a capital P!!!) and tons of BHs from 22 weeks on (uncomfortable, but not painful). If it's localized, I lean toward RLP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-braxton-hicks-ever-hurt#post-935902 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:42:07 +0000 mrs. wagon 935902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could be round ligament pain? It was so much worse the second time around for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-braxton-hicks-ever-hurt#post-935866 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:28:41 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 935866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had constant BH from 18 weeks on. It never hurt but it could get uncomfortable because it was so hard and so much pressure on everything. </p> <p>Do you get the pain even when you're sitting still? Is your stomach hardening when you feel the pain? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-braxton-hicks-ever-hurt#post-935848 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:22:37 +0000 Rubies 935848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my daughter, I had only one BH contraction that I can even remember and it felt like any ol' description of it (tightening, hard abdomen, etc.).</p> <p>Now, at 28 weeks, I've been having pain in my abdomen, which I just assume to be BH only it doesn't exactly feel like it. It hurts. I wince. It eventually goes away but I'm wondering if what I'm feeling actually is BH.</p> <p>Thoughts? </p>