BRAXTON HICKS

[jessicaandbumpsmummy]

Never had them with Jess.... but ive had 5/6 in the last hour.... or what i think are BH's anyway!

Im 25weeks and my bump goes all tight and it hurts......

Someone put my mind at rest please!

It sounds like Braxton Hicks. Try sitting quietly somewhere (at your computer?!) and see if they ease off.

Oh meant to say, I never had BH's with first baby but did with the other three.

all gone quiet in there.... first experience of BH then i think!!! (Fingers crossed anyway, dont want this little one popping out just yet!)

I've not had a BH - feel I'm missing out! In last pregnancy or this?

What are they like?

Best ting to do is have a warm bath it will help! i got loads of BH with DS and many times thought argh im in labour but wasnt!

SORE!

Im assuming its what it was - bump went really tight, pain in lower tummy - stayed like that for about 15/20 secs and then stopped. Had about 5/6 in an hour, but nothing since.

Be thankful, i was scared stiff and ready to go to hospital!!!

For me, they were mainly just a tightening in the belly and your bump goes rock hard. I wouldn't say they hurt at all, except in pre labour when I couldn't be sure what was a BH and waht was real.

Glad to hear they have stopped Jessicaandbumpsmummy. Were you rushing around a bit before they came on?

a little bit yeah - had tea and was sorting little one out.... probably over-did it a bit!

Nice excuse to sit down whenever they occur! (if you can at all - I know it isn't always as simple as that).

I used to get them if I laid on the settee on my back, if I changed poistion they went. Maybe try moving about a bit.

Ooh, had forgotten about these!

Got them all the time from about 20 weeks with DS. Bump went tight and felt peculiar, but didn't hurt, just a feeling I'd never felt before (or since) - which isn't strange, really!

Very good excuse for a well-deserved rest, JABM!

i like rest!!!! Sat here at the puter since the last one and not fet a thing - other than kicks! Fingers crossed the pain bit was just my initial reaction and having over-done it slightly!

Take it easy, and relax.

(I know easy said than done!)

had another couple while sitting here.... not sore though!

I have been advised that if the 'tightenings' are consistent with quite severe pain that doesn't ease on rest then it's best to seek advice. I get them the most when I have been excercising or excerting myself. The pain I get is like a dull ache in my lower abdo a bit like when my period is due, but it does ease off after a couple of seconds/minutes. Hope this is of some help, but if in doubt I have found triage midwives at my local hospital fantastic for putting your mind at rest!

I've been having this the last week or so and wondered what it was. Bump goes tight like junior is pushing up right at the front and it feels all odd. Not painful, but enough to make you go 'ooh' kind of thing.

nothing happened since yesterday, so hoping it was a one off!

honestly felt like proper contractions i had when in labour with jess, but apparently BH's can hurt more second time around?!

As I was typing I had one and my bump was so tight,rock hard and distorted you could almost see the shape of the baby - very weird! I also have a fibroid on the outside of my uterus that sticks out during a BH making me even more lumpy -very attractive I don't think!!!