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Contraction?

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PartyFops · 22/06/2013 21:12

My best friend was due yesterday, she asked my to describe a contraction, I described a bad period pain that lasts for 10-20secs or so then stops.

My dd is 2 so my memory of labour is hazy!

Does tummy going hard and pain in fanjo sound like it?

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PartyFops · 22/06/2013 21:16

I have told her to download a contraction timer on her iPhone and time them. She is an hour away from the hospital! Shock

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PartyFops · 22/06/2013 22:07

Anyone?

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0pumpkin · 23/06/2013 09:00

I cant answer this as I'm due with my first and haven't had any Braxton Hicks, I just wanted someone to answer you as I would like to know too! From what I have been told it starts like period pains, and Braxton Hicks feel like a tightening all over bump that holds and then releases so guess that you experience that with a contraction.
feeling clueless

Good luck to your friend Grin

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