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Anyone else had really agony braxton hicks which makes them almost unable to walk??

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hambo · 17/01/2009 23:13

Hello

Second baby due in 3 weeks and a couple of days...1st baby induced so did not start labour normally...

Today I have had a constant agony pain all over my bump.

Anyone else have this - is this level of pain normal for BH??

(I can't lift my 2 yr old for example and can hardly stand after having been lying down....)

Any reassurance v welcome....

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GrimbleTheResourceful · 17/01/2009 23:16

I was like this the day before I had DS. Maybe you could ring your midwife?

GrimbleTheResourceful · 17/01/2009 23:17

I mean just to check, I don't mean you'll go into labour tomorrow!

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hambo · 17/01/2009 23:17

Oh crikey
aaaargh

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hambo · 17/01/2009 23:17

oh phew!!!

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GrimbleTheResourceful · 17/01/2009 23:18

sorry .

Could you ring though, just for reassurance?

scrooged · 17/01/2009 23:19

They shouldn't be painful. Contractions are painful BH and you can feel them in your fanjo (your girlie bits). Call your midwife or the hospital if they are painful.

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hambo · 17/01/2009 23:19

OK will do...

Thanks, by the way.
Don't want to be a fussy person you know...?!

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scrooged · 17/01/2009 23:24

That's their job! I had a patient appologise because I took an x-ray for him last week. It's my job. We wouldn't do it if we minded. You're not being fussy.

GrimbleTheResourceful · 17/01/2009 23:28

Do ring hambo.

Hope you have a good night.

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hambo · 17/01/2009 23:31

Thank you Grimble - I am waiting on hold now...!

'Tis the horrible bit eh? (I mean of having a baby)...

Thank you so much for your replies - so glad you are both still awake!

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rachaelsara · 17/01/2009 23:31

I had this with daughters 2, 3 and 4. If I had a bath, 2 paracetamol and went to bed, I always knew the next morning whether or not it was the real thing!

Good luck, maybe they will settle into a rhythm and you#ll have a lovely baby tomorrow!

scrooged · 17/01/2009 23:33

Sometimes they are not 'strong' enough (I said nothing about the pain by the way) to get things moving. A bath can help slow things down or speed things up. Call them if they are really bad though.

rachaelsara · 17/01/2009 23:34

Do let us know...

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hambo · 17/01/2009 23:43

I called them and they asked me to go in....feel a plonker but I will go...sure I will be home in 10 minutes!

Also, have lost my notes in Ikea madness!

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mrswoolf · 17/01/2009 23:48

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scrooged · 17/01/2009 23:57

Let them check you over. They won't mind if they are painful BH. It's their job.

GrimbleTheResourceful · 18/01/2009 09:28

Morning hambo, how are you today?

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hambo · 19/01/2009 18:58

Hello

It turns out I have a urine infection which sounds a bit weedy but apparently some ladies say it is more painful than contractions so I don't feel too bad for moaning. I have some pills so now am feeling much more human!

Thank you sooooo much for your concern it was so lovely, my husband thought so too!!!

XX

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