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Braxton hicks or contractions??

im 28 weeks and for the past two weeks my stomachs been tighting up it used to be every few days apart but now it's every day like every hr and last bout 5 min and getting tighter and crampier..should I wait it out or go be seen?
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I went to the dr for the same at 30 weeks. she told me I wasn't driking enough water... haven't had them again -33 weeks now.
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Yea some days i had them off and on throughout the day but hardly felt them only when i was rwlaxing in bec
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That's what I was thinking but I didn't know u could get them all day long.. And this is my second pregnancy
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Ohh and you may be dehydrated. Drink more water :)
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Braxton hicks, contractions are painful , usually last 30-60 seconds and become closer . Nothing eases the pain either
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Those are Braxton hicks, get used to them  :(
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