thread: When do Braxton hicks usually start?

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  1. #1
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    Nov 2009
    In Paradise
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    When do Braxton hicks usually start?

    around how many weeks?

    I've had a few today. is this normal? Or should I get it checked out?

  2. #2
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    Jul 2008
    summer street
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    With dd they started at 24 weeks, this pg I had some in the first trimester! Nothing to worry about unless they're painful and regular (like every five mins). Maybe note what sets them off...for me it's lots of bending over and carrying dd.

    I found the bh more frequent and intense all through this pg, Especially during/after sex.

    Hth

  3. #3
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    Nov 2008
    Perth
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    Mine started early, around 16 weeks. Just tell your midwife/OB at your next appointment.

  4. #4
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    Feb 2006
    NSW Central Coast
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    With this last pg, I was feeling some around 14ish weeks. I have heard that you can often have them this early or earlier and just not feeling them much, and that's normal.

  5. #5
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    Mar 2008
    Perth, WA
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    Around the atrt of 2nd tri for 1st pregnancy for me.

    This time...nothing until well into 3rd tri...and even then, I've only noticed them two or three times. Very seldom.

  6. #6
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    Feb 2008
    Country Victoria
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    I had them from 16 weeks with DD.

  7. #7
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    Oct 2009
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    i didn't have any in my first pregnancy but had them from 17 weeks with my 2nd, i got so many a day, up to 40 and some i really needed to breath through