braxton hicks

[Ashleigh529]

So im curious if anyone else gets braxton hicks so frequently. Im 31 wks and it's my 3rd pregnancy.  For the past few days ive been getting braxton hicks from everything. If i have gas bubbles i get them,  when the baby moves i get them, after i eat i get them, ect. I know the signs to watch for like how intense and if they get regular. Im just wondering if anyone else gets them as often.

[lilpollywog]

Mine start with a pain in my vaginal area.  Then my stomach gets rock hard starting from the bottom up.  That lasts about 45-75 seconds and then starts getting soft again fron the top to bottom.  And it ends with more pain down there.

[Ashleigh529]

Tightening. My uterus gets so hard and tight for about 30 seconds lasting up to over a minute. Sometimes when they are intense i can barely breathe because its so tight.

[newmami06]

Wat exactly do they feel like? I'm 23weeks with my first and was curious

[lilpollywog]

I'm 31 n half weeks and my third as well.  I have been having contractions since 21 weeks.  Now they are a lot more common and frequent.  I actually was in labor and delivery monday night because they were extremely painful and within 2-6 minutes of one another.  Some of them actually made me feel like i needed to push.  But they said  not to worry because they weren't causing me to dilate any.

[Ashleigh529]

Ya ive had them for a while but it just seems like now they're frequent

[smiley_one]

I think I just started getting them. I'm 34 weeks and I've been feeling this intense tightening feeling in my tummy usually when I lay down on my right side. At first I thought it was the baby moving, but it felt weird then I am to the conclusion it was Braxton Hicks (sorry for the rant lol). I'm unsure of how often you are suppose to get them, but I read that if they don't go away if you change position then they should go away.