thread: Painful Braxton Hicks

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  1. #1
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    Nov 2008
    NSW Mid North Coast
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    Thanks guys. It's just confusing when you read stuff online and it says that BH shouldn't be painful and if you have cramping to see your doctor. I've just got a constant dull ache in my lower back and period type pain atm and the BH haven't intensified or anything so i'm sure it's just a natural process. I had prelabour for a few weeks last time but don't remember the pains being so painful. Amazing how our bodies change each pregnancy.

  2. #2
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    Jan 2011
    Brinsmead, Cairns
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    I am 36 weeks and the same has happened to me. This is my second pregnancy and I asked why my BH hurt so much this time and my midwife said the uterus is just more sensitive the second time around. I find squats help and fast, warm shower water on my lower back ease the pain. Also she said they may be from an irritated uterus too?