brax hicks contrax - when and how often did you feel?

[spu]

When did you start feeling bh contrax, and how often are you feeling them now? Lately, it seems like I'm having them much more frequently - nothing to stop me in my tracks, but I do notice my belly balling up and getting hard. It seems to come in clusters - like last night, it felt like every 10 minutes for an hour, and then nothing for hours the next day.

[Nature]

totally normal.

this is my 6th pregnancy so I got them early, in my first trimester. Now I get them daily. More with movement, sex, or dehydration. Sometimes they last awhile coming every 10 mins or so, but then subside.

[A Mothers Love]

Originally Posted by Nature

totally normal.

this is my 6th pregnancy so I got them early, in my first trimester. Now I get them daily. More with movement, sex, or dehydration. Sometimes they last awhile coming every 10 mins or so, but them subside.

Mine were frquent like this also. I also noticed more, or even stronger ones when there was a storm outside. During monsoon season it was real crazy!!!

[Carlito's_wife]

Yeah I get them all the time. I noticed them really early on. Like in the first trimester but there were only like one every day or two. Now that I am in my last trimester I get them everyday all day but I don't worry about it at all because I have no cramping with them. And if I do it is very little. I know my body is just refreshing it's memory right now.

[smokeylo]

I started getting them around 18w, and I have a few a day, usually after peeing, pooping, or an orgasm, or leaning over for more than minute or two. They're uncomfortable but not painful and last a minute or less. My mw says this is good!

[firecat]

I am getting them now between 5-10 a day, it depends on my activity level and hydration. I was getting concerned about it but I haven't had any cramping or pain with them so I am not worried. Although sometimes they make it hard to breathe!
I started feeling them really early but then it would be once every couple of days or so.

[ellymay]

I've been having them since the first trimester but they are getting wores I tend to have them at night when I am relaxing and I will have several in a row then nothing then again. Then just spurratic through out the day.

[the elyse]

i'm not sure if i'm having them or not... i notice tightness, but after i've been laughing alot. i think it's more stomach muscles.

[flapjack]

I'm getting them a lot at the minute (up to 2 hours with them 5 minutes apart.) I think that part of it is that baby is trying to turn vertex, but it isn't the right time right now because of my pelvic problems and, at a guess, this baby is significantly longer than average and slightly fatter. I'm expecting the positioning battles to continue right until term. No dilation, btw.

[GreenRose]

about one a day.. less than a minute.. i'm trying to use them as a time to practice relaxing, despite how weird they feel to me.

[Jujubie]

I don't even know if I notice them all the time. I don't feel them at all, I just sometimes notice that my belly is tight and hard.

[loraxc]

I was just coming to ask about this. I've been having a lot lately--like, pretty much every time I walk, need to pee, or get thirsty. I'd say I must be having 20-30 a day at least. How many is too many? Doesn't this become a question of "irritable uterus" at some point? I don't have any pain or anything, though.

[applecore]

I have tons of them every day. Some stronger than others. Different women have different experiences with them, but I think everything I've read here is very normal. Just try to think of it as your uterus getting in shape for the birth- working out, if you will. I have had two pretty short labors, and I attribute some of that to my uterus being so toned from all the BH and red raspberry leaf.