Hi,I'm 26+4 weeks pregnant and also have a 10 month old son,and for the past few days I've been getting lots of BH. I assumed I'd start feeling them earlier due to having already been pregnant quite recently, but on Monday night I was getting them for about an hour, every 4 mins exactly. They were quite strong and fairly painful, enough to make me sit up and take notice, if you know what I mean! I couldn't get back to sleep while I was getting them and also had period-type pain and while the BH was happening, I also had a bit of pain in my right hip area and lower back. Also breathlessness as if they were taking my breath away, then as soon as the BH subsided, so did all the pain and breathlessness.
I had a very quick labour with my son (45mins active labour,4 hours in total) and even with him (my first labour) I only had mildly painful tightenings for the first couple of hours, I did get lots of BH but later on than with this one, I think.
Is it normal to have so many BH at only 26weeks, that are painful as well? And what about them coming on every 4 mins? The night before (sunday night) I'd been getting a few painful ones too but not as regular, and I don't remember having many last night - the baby was just moving about loads and it was hurting when she moved/turned.
Was I right to ignore the BH or should I keep an eye on them/tell my midwife?