When did your braxton hicks start?

[FlossALump]

I'm just 20 weeks but getting quite a lot of tummy pain today. Trying to chill and think it is either the BH coming along early (??) or maybe just a bit of a UTI. I did have to have a full bladder for 2hrs on tues for scan with lots of partial emptyings which can't be good for my poor bladder!

Hiya Floss

Mine started at around 18/19 weeks and were also quite painful then.

A full bladder can trigger BHs too.

If you have a UTI I would get it checked out

I'll do a dipstick at work on Sat. No other UTI symptoms as yet but I know they don't always have the same symptoms in pg.

Mine started begin Jan and lasted a month, till ds born begin Feb. Got worse and worse. My birthday is end Jan , and I cried and cried.
Just you just love them.

I thought BH were supposed to be painless. Oh well- another delight of pregnancy to look forward too!
PPS (27+6)
XXX

Could someone explain quickly what they are like? Because I've had a couple of odd occasions where my stomach bulges and goes very firm all of a sudden but it isn't my whole bump, just below my belly button. Could that be BH?

can't really remember from ds1 what they feel like

but am now 27+4 and my bump went rock hard earlier today

At around 26 weeks

I got very uncomfortable regualar BH from about 20 weeks until 39 1/2 weeks when I got some even more painful ones (!) and ds popped out.

never had them (or I couldn't feel them)

I felt much better yesterday and so far today. Relieved to see that it may well be the BH though!