Irritable Uterus?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

For the past few weeks I have been getting alot of braxton hicks. I started getting them at 16 weeks (same as DD's pregnancy) but this time they are much more frequent and they come on more with exercise. Its gotten to the point where I cant even walk to the letter box without getting one.

I just then went for a walk with DD and I was gone for about 30 minutes, just relaxed walking and it didnt take long before they started coming again. I would have gotten about 8 or so when I was out. It is insane. Going food shopping is a nightmare because of it and by the end Im doubling over the trolley because my belly is that hard and the braxton hicks dont stop until I stop and sit down.

So it got me thinking about what the issue could be. I was wondering if an irritable uterus is an option? If not, what else could it be? I cant seem to do anything (which isnt easy with a toddler) without getting braxton hicks. They arnt painful until ive had a few in a row, then my belly starts to get really sore from being constant hard.

So, what do you think???

[Mum2Romone]

I have it too and have had BH this pregnancy from 14 weeks...

My midwife thinks its normal and will get worse with each pregnancy.... I have been having them all day without moving much ...wish i could help.... its a pain huh

[[M]umma[M]ia]

It is. Especially when im trying to stay fit and healthy..

[[M]umma[M]ia]

I did mention it to my GP last appointment and she assured me that it happens more in subsequent pregnancies. They are still quite annoying and just happen all day every day now. Even if im just sitting here. Which in turn is making me have much more discharge. Ohhh i forgot just how wonderful pregnancy is lol

[JennaJayen]

just saw this thread hun, I had it with both of mine, with DS all it did was make me rush to hospital 10+ times because we thought I was in preterm labour lol, in the end he didn't even want to come out at all.

with DD it caused pre-term contractions at 21wks which thankfully stopped after around 6 hours before we had to go to hospital, but for the next week I lost bits of the plug. I also had 3 weeks of constant irregular contractions (pre-labour) before DD was born as well.
Ironically the one thing that I found that really helped was Raspberry leaf tablets/tea (which was odd as the RLT is supposed to cause small uterine muscle contractions to help tone the uterus, can't take it before 28 weeks though), it calmed down the BH's and irregular contractions and I believe it helped them to actually do what they were supposed to and help me dilate which I never did without medical intervention with DS.
Hope it's taking it easy on you hun xx

and they also said that DS was 3kg at our 33wk scan with him and I didn't have GD and he was only 8pd 3 lol

[Charlotte91]

Yep, I had that too. I had BH from about 24 weeks.

They were painful. After DTD I was nearly in tears as my stomach would tighten so much.