How many B-Hicks are YOU having?

[JenniferC]

Hi Folks! Yesterday it felt like I was having B-Hicks all morning long :P, there was one hour I had like 5 - 6. But of course they've settled down now, maybe 1/hour, more often if I'm nursing. I'm just wondering, how often do you get them?

[pfamilygal]

All day every day. Seriously, like 5-6 hr all the time. Oy.

[mariank]

I have a lot, too. I haven't actually counted or timed them, but I get them often throughout the day and have been having them for a couple months. Crazy!
Marian

[2+twins]

I get them all the time too. Sometimes I don't notice them much but other times they're a bit painful (like relax & have to deal with it). I definitely notice them when I have to pee, if I get up from lying down, or if I get stressed out.

[aweynsayl]

I was having REALLLY bad ones last week, but I drank and drank and drank, and rested and rested and rested, and they are not as bad this week.

[eilonwy]

6-12/hour. Seriously. They're long and hard, too, but I know that they're fake. Everyone around me can see them happening, because my belly gets all tight and hard and shrinks away from my shirts. Drinking doesn't help, and resting... well, I haven't been able to get much rest without drugs, because I'm in too much pain.

One more reason that my life sucks right now.

[2+twins]

Rynna, how do you know that they're fake? Sometimes I wonder b/c with some of mine it feels as though I'm being pulled open. I can't reach my cervix to check though, so I really don't know.

[newbie_mary]

I've been having them more and more, most often later in the day. They seem to happen practically every time I stand up in the evening. I haven't been able to go for a walk for weeks because of them...they really suck! Not painful at all, just very hard and uncomfortable.

Mary

[tropicalmom]

i'm not

i haven't had any and i'm due mid april. this is first pg so thought maybe it wasn't time yet but now reading about all you ladies, i'm starting to wonder. are you all due early in the month or am i just strange??????

julie

[eilonwy]

How do I know that they're fake? I just do. No help at all, am I? When I have contractions that are particularly long and hard, I just think about them for a while, and then I pay close attention to how the baby responds, and where the baby is sitting in my pelvis, etc. Nothing about it feels remotely labor-like to me. I don't know how else to put it, it just doesn't feel like I'm anywhere near delivering this baby. I'm so totally *ready* to have her out, but she's not coming.

So even though I lost my mucous plug last week, and I'm having regular contractions... well, if this is labor I'm going to end up saying that I was in labor for a month. It's not work, it's just a pain in the ass, quite literally.

[eilonwy]

Originally Posted by tropicalmom

i haven't had any and i'm due mid april. this is first pg so thought maybe it wasn't time yet but now reading about all you ladies, i'm starting to wonder. are you all due early in the month or am i just strange??????

I'm due in the middle of the month, but this is my third child. It's very common for first time moms to either not have or not notice braxton hicks contractions. For most people, they're not remotely painful; it might just feel like a pulling when you stand up, or you'll feel like you have to use the bathroom and then get there and find out that you really didn't... It's perfectly normal not to have/feel them at all, though.

[aprilushka]

I have maybe 4 or 5 noticeable ones a day. Mostly if I go for a walk

[FarmerCathy]

I've been having a lot of them and I'm a first time mom. Some people don't feel them. Plus the edema in my legs from my blood sugar has had me sitting with my legs up most the day, so the B/H are getting better, but getting out of bed, rolling over in bed, going down our bumpy road all give me the really tight uncomfortable ones. Praying to keep the baby in until April 25th so I can have my homebirth.

Cathy

[Black Orchid]

I have them all the time, still. 4-5 an hour settling only when I lay down. I was hoping that the acupunctur and cranial sacral work I'm having done would stop them, but it really hasn't much. I don't really see an increase or decrease in the past few weeks, so I'm not sure that it means anything. I'm only 33 weeks right now and am looking forward to going FT this time (my DD was born 37 weeks) so I've just been using them as opportunity to spend a few minutes practicing hypnobirthing relaxation.

[Titus2fam]

This is #4 for me, and I've NEVER had any kind of contractions before actually going into labor. I was actually hoping to this time~with prayers that it would mean some of the work would be done as labor was starting.... (((((HUGS))))) sandi

[AdinaL]

Last week, when I think I was slightly dehydrated...I had a lot. This week, when I am making a much more concerted effort to be peeing clear, I am not noticing them. And when I do -it is mostly just a brief "oh wow, that's uncomfortable" kind of moment.

I gotta say, I am not ready to have her here yet....I gotta move still! But once I move, I am looking forward to things gearing up. Right now, I am just happy I made it through a weekend of painting with no increase in B-H. Two weeks until we move and then I stop one of my two jobs....things will slow down a TON then.

[nighten]

Dang, I'm having them all the time. Especially when I have to pee or when standing up from sitting/lying.

And honestly, I think I'm an odd one -- I've been feeling them since at least early in the 2nd trimester, and this is my first pg. But I've read that women have BH all the time even when not pg -- we just don't typically feel it until our uterus grows a bit.

Regardless, mine are wearing me out. :

[eilonwy]

Originally Posted by nighten

And honestly, I think I'm an odd one -- I've been feeling them since at least early in the 2nd trimester, and this is my first pg. But I've read that women have BH all the time even when not pg -- we just don't typically feel it until our uterus grows a bit.

With BeanBean, I had them from about 13 weeks on. I could totally feel them, and I could also feel him moving that early, too. So yeah, you're an odd one, but you're not the only one!

[Black Orchid]

Originally Posted by nighten

Dang, I'm having them all the time. Especially when I have to pee or when standing up from sitting/lying.

And honestly, I think I'm an odd one -- I've been feeling them since at least early in the 2nd trimester, and this is my first pg. But I've read that women have BH all the time even when not pg -- we just don't typically feel it until our uterus grows a bit.

Regardless, mine are wearing me out. :

Oh me, too! I had a day around 16-17 weeks when I had them ALL DAY LONG. I justh ave never been one to get freaked out by them. Thye can be uncomfortable and make me have to pee, but I just always thought they were normal. My m/w wasn't concerned about the # of them either and hasn't checked my cervix since I tested positive back in August.