When do braxton hicks ....

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...become contractions?

Bugger, nevermind, backpain seems to have gone... sigh....

if you feel any kind of pain, then it is not braxyon hicks as they are painless, but can be uncomfortable.

But they say bloodtests are 'uncomfortable' and they hurt! They say amnios are 'uncomfortable' and I bet they bloody hurt as well! Don't mind me I've never felt a BH lol

trust me, they dont hurt, it is just a tightening feeling around your stomach.
I am the biggest wimp out, if they hurt then i would have known about it.

some pain can be pychological, halfway through my CS i started screaming saying i could feel bad pains while the surgeon was trying to get the placenta out, they had to give me a general anesthetic so he could finish.
Now i am not sure it hurt at all, im'e sure if i could have felt it it would have been a lot worse, and i probably would have passed out.

tiffini - I REALLY DIDNT NEED YOUR POST... HAve possible c-section next week....

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

oh deah, so sorry

My BHs have hurt but still know (I think!) that these are not contractions

When did they start hurting? I'm on my second now you see....

As I got bigger - from 35 weeks or so? But still uncomforable before that

Thanks for the warning!!

I have had bh since about wk 26 and over the weeks they got slightly stronger, i'm now due in 3 days and they are more regular and stronger although i'm sure I will know when they are contractions ???!!
BTW at first they were uncomfortable but now they do hurt and have done since about 30+ weeks..maybe not contraction pain (never had a baby so wouldn't know) but still not an enjoyable experience! Pain though differs between everyone !

My first pregnancy I had BH quite early on, and din't actually realise I was in labour until I was quite far gone, I thought I was being a bit of a wuss!!! It was only when I had severe backache as well that DH thought we should go to hospital (DD1 was 5 wks prem).
In my second pregnancy I had BH from 20 wks, at times I had to breathe through them as they were very "uncomfortable"!!! Again, it was backache that made me know I was in labour.

I used to wonder how I would know if my BH were contractions- believe me-you know the difference.
Thats all you need to know.....