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nancygrace
I'm 2!
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2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
If you have experienced Braxton Hicks contractions...
1. When did u first start getting them?
2. How often do u get them?
3. What do u do to make u feel better?
I started at 18 1/2 weeks. I truly think it was bc i havent been drinking enough fluids but now im like a camel. LOL But i hate the feeling when it happens. It actually wakes me up in the middle of the night
Message edited 10/22/2006 9:35:38 AM.
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krwm
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
I was actually telling my SIL yesterday about these weird tightening feelings in my upper abs that come and go, and she said this is what it probably was....so yup I'm having them
I'm 21 weeks today...I haven't had them too often and not sure how to make myself feel more comfy when I do get them 
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| Posted 10/22/06 9:39 AM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
At 30 weeks, I started to get period cramps...I am not sure what I should be looking for.
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| Posted 10/22/06 9:47 AM |
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nancygrace
I'm 2!
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
Posted by Janice
At 30 weeks, I started to get period cramps...I am not sure what I should be looking for.
It actually doesnt hurt at all. It just the uterus tightening. It makes your whole stomach tighten and then it releases after a few seconds.
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| Posted 10/22/06 12:46 PM |
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sweetpea
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
Posted by nancygrace
It actually doesnt hurt at all. It just the uterus tightening. It makes your whole stomach tighten and then it releases after a few seconds.
that is exactly what it feels like when they happen to me. they started at about 26 weeks. it is such a weird feeling and it honestly freaks me out. usually it will last for under a minute. somedays i will have none and other days it happens a few times.
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| Posted 10/22/06 12:53 PM |
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angelbear217
Mommy of 2
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Lisa
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
I am 30 weeks now and I think I've been having them for 2 weeks. All of a sudden my entire belly will tighten and then will go away. If that is what they feel like then I've been getting them.
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| Posted 10/22/06 1:16 PM |
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landj
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
I think mine started at about 20 weeks. I'm 24 weeks now. I feel them mostly at night and they usually last for a minute or so. Not too bad so far, just some discomfort but then it goes away.
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| Posted 10/22/06 3:32 PM |
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Janice
Sweet Jessie Quinn
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
hmmm...I don't think I am getting them then.
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| Posted 10/22/06 3:41 PM |
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
At lamaze we learned they can be when it feels like the baby is curling up in a ball. I've been feeling that since my second tri and didn't kinow that it was BH.
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| Posted 10/22/06 4:03 PM |
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pinkandblue
Our family is complete, maybe
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
I am 18 1/2 weeks and have not had any yet, I am still waiting to feel the baby move 
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| Posted 10/22/06 5:08 PM |
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Charly
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
I'm with Janice - I've had a lot of cramping, but I'm not sure if I'm having braxton hicks or not. I feel lots of tightening, but I always assume that's the baby doing something in there. Maybe I am....
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| Posted 10/22/06 5:10 PM |
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nferrandi
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Nicole
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
I didn't really feel any BH until maybe 35 weeks. and even since then they've either been pretty infrequent or I just don't really notice them.
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| Posted 10/22/06 5:11 PM |
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Sassyz75
Turning a new page
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
Posted by Charly
I'm with Janice - I've had a lot of cramping, but I'm not sure if I'm having braxton hicks or not. I feel lots of tightening, but I always assume that's the baby doing something in there. Maybe I am....
i'm with the two of you ladies.
sometimes I feel achey/period-like cramps- but no "tightening" yet.
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| Posted 10/22/06 5:30 PM |
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MelissaMac
Life is Good
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
I have those too. At first I thought it was just body parts. They last less then a minute.
I think you should only be concerned if you
have more then 5 an hour.
Hope your feeling better Nancy & drinking a lot of H20
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| Posted 10/22/06 6:41 PM |
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qtptootie
I'm Getting Teeth!!!
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Nicole
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
Posted by Janice
At 30 weeks, I started to get period cramps...I am not sure what I should be looking for.
Same here at 36 weeks. I Don't think I have really gotten anything... just a few period cramps now and then!!! I feel abnormal.....
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| Posted 10/22/06 10:58 PM |
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ddunne2
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Doreen
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Re: 2nd and 3rd trimester mommies!!!
I don't remember having them at all with my first pregnancy...this time around I started getting them at about 35 weeks.
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| Posted 10/22/06 11:06 PM |
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