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.
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!
honeydew / 7283 posts
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.
kiwi / 711 posts
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.
pomegranate / 3759 posts
With LO #1 I never felt any braxton hicks at all. I felt left out as well!
papaya / 10560 posts
I didn't feel any contractions until my water broke on it's own and then contractions were almost immediate. It was wild.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
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 
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
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!
I went into labor on my own one day before due date.
coconut / 8861 posts
Didn't have BH either. Contractions started my labor. They didn't feel all belly tightening as they told us in class.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I didn't feel any contractions until I went into labor the day before my due date. They're no fun, consider yourself lucky
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
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!)
nectarine / 2132 posts
i never had a contraction until i went into labor at 40+6 weeks. it kinda worried me but everything was fine!
pomelo / 5258 posts
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.
nectarine / 2163 posts
I never had a single contraction until my waters broke at 40+1! not even minor period cramps or anything.
pineapple / 12234 posts
I had these a lot with baby #2 but not with my first (well, I did but that was the day before I delivered).
pineapple / 12566 posts
I never had a single contraction that I could feel until a few hours after my water broke!
nectarine / 2217 posts
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 :*(
grapefruit / 4819 posts
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.
Apparently not feeling BH is totally normal for first babies, but with subsequent babies, they are much more common.
pomegranate / 3872 posts
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.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Colee: I never felt BH contractions either.
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
I'm at 40+5 and haven't felt one either! Hopefully, you'll get one before then. 
persimmon / 1396 posts
I never felt them until labor, but when hooked up to the nonstress test at 37 weeks, you could clearly see them.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
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
cherry / 153 posts
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!
pear / 1799 posts
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.
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