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did you recognise contractions?
Hi Ladies
Did you recognise early labour contractions?
With my first child I did, I was slim and felt my tummy go hard and could feel my uterus contracting and could time them. I had no pain at all, had them for 8hours but had a csection within 20mins of getting to hospital.
Thing is in that pregnancy I felt braxton hicks from about 24weeks!!
This time I have felt no braxton hicks at all (not any I could be sure about). This morning I woke at 6 with pains in my tummy and back. I still have them but don't know how regular the are, if at all. My tummy feels hard but I can't tell if it gets harder during the pains. It feels like bad period pains, like the ones I used to get an hour or two before I started to bleed.
Did anyone else have this and it turn out to be the start of labour? Thanks Samantha (38weeks)
Did you recognise early labour contractions?
With my first child I did, I was slim and felt my tummy go hard and could feel my uterus contracting and could time them. I had no pain at all, had them for 8hours but had a csection within 20mins of getting to hospital.
Thing is in that pregnancy I felt braxton hicks from about 24weeks!!
This time I have felt no braxton hicks at all (not any I could be sure about). This morning I woke at 6 with pains in my tummy and back. I still have them but don't know how regular the are, if at all. My tummy feels hard but I can't tell if it gets harder during the pains. It feels like bad period pains, like the ones I used to get an hour or two before I started to bleed.
Did anyone else have this and it turn out to be the start of labour? Thanks Samantha (38weeks)
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With this pregnancy i have been getting lots of braxton hicks for weeks now and they can be quite regular where my stomach goes rock solid for about a minute at a time but not painful.
So i will definately know when my contractions start as they are much different to braxton hicks in my experience. Sounds like if yours start to become more regular and get more painful then this could be the start of labour for you xx
I am now overdue by 6 days and like yourself wonder if I will recognise contractions. At present i don't think I have had any or Braxton Hicks. However am starting to get a little fed up of waiting. Am due to have a membrane sweep on Friday. What is that like? Am rather nervous.
Thanks Rachel