Never had a Brixton hick

[debbie1412]

Hey all

2 pregnancies currently 37 weeks into my second. I've never had a Brixton hick. Dc1 was back to back and I back laboured with him. This one is nearly in the best spot for labour but still I get no braxtons. I'm worrying il back labour again. Does everyone get braxtons??

[Rockchick1984]

Someone asked our antenatal teacher about this. Apparently everyone gets them, however not everyone is aware of them. So yes, you may never feel any, but if you were strapped to a monitor 24/7 it would show that you have had them :)

[Londonmrss]

I'm 38 weeks tomorrow, never felt one either.

[AlisonDB]

I am on my 2nd preg, never had them (or at least don't think I had them) with my 1st,
So far am 30 weeks and haven't had any yet either,

[onedev]

I've had 3 DC - all at least 1 week overdue & I never felt one either!

[debbie1412]

It's strange isn't it, I'd like to think my body is at least practicing a little bit ready for the big event but it seems to not want to exert itself too much :-)

[runningforme]

braxton hicks ??? I never had them either, in any of my 3 pregnancies

[GummiberryJuice]

As rockchick said you can have them and not feel them, with dd1 I had to go one day for monitoring and the midwife said oh you're having a wee tightening I hadn't felt it

[DameFannyGallopsAtaGhost]

Me neither, but I did date a chap from Stockwell for a while [helpful]

[debbie1412]

:-)

[EugenesAxe]

I only recognised them on my second pg. In case it resonates with you at any point, they felt like a brief period of thinking that if my baby was any bigger, I'd explode.

They talk about tightness but somehow I never linked it; it was more like my bump was being squeezed inwards as far as possible by some external force.

[EugenesAxe]

But yeah - I forgot I was monitored for a bit and they said I'd had about 6 BH... felt about one?!

[JennerOSity]

I am currently 39+3 with second baby and have yet to notice a single Hick! However, my midwife has told me a few times I was having them when she was trying to examine me and had to wait till it passed - I still couldn't feel it even when I knew it was happening. I'm not complaining as I know some people find them really uncomfortable. My first was not back to back so don't think it is connected. :)

[AliceHurled]

40+1 and never had one. I do get something I think of as baby stretching that I now wonder if it is one. I like to think the hypno is so effective that i just don't feel them and won't feel the whole of labour I dreamt it happened so that just be true, right?

[ConfusedKiwi]

I think I maybe felt one in my first pregnancy, but then when I went in to be induced they monitored me and told me I was already having regular contractions which at the time I couldn't feel so I think it is really an awareness thing...

[GoldPlatedNineDoors]

I never had one with dd. At 40+2 I felt pains and my first thought was "finally, a Hick" - 24 hours later she was here.

[maebyfunke]

I didn't feel any until my 5th pregnancy/3rd baby. They started at 20 weeks with him!

[sillymillyb]

I never felt them but at one point they had to monitor me for a few hours, and the machine showed I was having regular Braxton hicks. Was really weird as I was oblivious! Ds was back to back though. Even know I'm not really sure what a contraction feels like as labour was so short they were sort of continuous.

[debbie1412]

After starting this thread I woke at 4-5 with stomach cramps mild but enough to wake me. They came in waves must of been braxtons, lil bit gutted that it wasn't the real deal tho.

[ellesabe]

With my first pg I kept mistaking braxton hicks for baby's movements as it feels like the whole baby moves to the surface of my belly for a few seconds.

[BikeRunSki]

2 pg, never noticed one. I swear surface of my stomach never moved at all.

[Beamur]

1 pg, I wasn't aware of them either

[BikeRunSki]

[Chunkychicken]

Didn't have any/aware of any with first pg. This time have has more aches & pains, although not sure if they're ligaments adjusting or BH etc. Have noticed more this time how my uterus contracts after an orgasm, which wasn't something I paid much heed to with my DD.

I don't think it makes much difference though - DD arrived 12hrs after I had a show, 10-11hrs after my first contraction, so I don't think it affected how 'ready' my uterus was to birth her.