worrying about braxton hicks again - sooooooooooo many

[deaconblue]

I am 33 weeks pregnant and am now having so many braxton hicks that the other night after an hour of pretty much continuous ones I thought I must be having contractions. I know they are my body's way of preparing for labour etc but am wondering if the frequency and intensity of them might mean baby is going to be early?
2nd baby ~(only had a few in the last week with ds so am finding these a bit strange)

Don't want to worry you but I had strong BH at about the same time as you (32 weeks) and I had to be hospitalised with a 24 hour drip to stop contractions - nearly went into pre-term labour - I was dilating too. It was my second baby (he was breech and kicking like mad) Contractions calmed down, and I finally gave birth at 39 weeks. Do you have an emergency doc/midwife who you can call? Hope everythings OK

Agree it might be worth getting checked out even if it's just so they can reassure you that everything's ok. I also had alot of(what i thought were) BH's at 34 weeks. They weren't and ds2 was born at 35 weeks despite meds to stop contractions.

bloomin nora, I expected everyone to say it's just normal. They haven't been nearly as bad today but will get it checked out if they start up again. thank you for replies

Still get checked out to be on the safe side, but don't panick too much just yet. I had an irritable uterus, which in the end left me from 34 weeks till 41 weeks with regular strong painful contractions every day, it wasn't much fun, but no where near as serious as premature labour.

Good luck