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  | ElfsMum   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: more questions! Posted: 22 August 2007 at 9:47am
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   Seening as you guys were so great explaining things to me yesterday heres another question for you:)
 I am home sick today as I have a cold and anyway was having a shower and felt my stomach tighten and further down (not sure exactly where maybe utereus) tightened too...it lasted  about 30 sec in stomach and 1 min further down.. any idea what it could be ? I heard BH but it's too early for that and it freaked me out, and this is my first baby though secodn pregnancy this year)..any ideas appreciated..!:)
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  | caraMel   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 22 August 2007 at 10:57am | 
 
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   I got BH from about 16 weeks with my second pregnancy.
 They start happening around 6 weeks. Most women don't notice them until 20 weeks or later, but it's not unusual for women to start noticing them from their 3rd month.
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 I always got them in the shower too! 
 I don't think its anything to worry about, its certainly not too early and I guess having lost a baby earlier this year, you'd be more aware of your body than other mum's who haven't?
 Hope this helps chicky, and I hope you're feeling better soon!
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  | BellaBoo   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Sounds like BH. I get this funny feeling that baby is stretching her legs out straight and pushing as hard as she can. Tummy feels really tight and hard for about 20secs. Not sure if that is BH but is that what it feels like? I would also like to confirm that that is what I feel.
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  | ShellandBella   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   I started getting BH from 17 weeks. I even remember waking once in bed after having them and looked at my stomach and could actually see my whole uterus had moved from one side to the other...felt really weird    
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  | aimeejoy   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 22 August 2007 at 11:17am | 
 
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   Yep I'd say BH. Apparently they start really early (like as soon as you preggy almost) and it just depends on the woman when/if you feel them. At my 12 week scan I was getting them but had no idea! You could see the uterus scrunch up    
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  | ElfsMum   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   awesome thanks everyone:) Hope I stop worrying bout every little thing one of these days:) 
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  | lilfatty   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Sorry to sound like a dufus but what is BH?
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  | my4beauties   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 22 August 2007 at 2:15pm | 
 
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   BH - braxton hicks, and nope!  You don't sound like a dufus  . 
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  | lilfatty   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   Thanks, I was just off to google it lol....Im still waiting to feel anything....and I know she moves a lot, Ive seen her move loads when weve had our scans done :)
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  | ElfsMum   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   i didnt see much moving on the scan..she kept moving the probe..but she said bubs was moving a lot at the end.. scan took 45 mins and she kept pushing in same spot trying to get bubs to turn..lol:) I've felt a couple of what seems like quickening feelings as well in last little while! 
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   Ours was trying to get a profile shot for our 4D pics so I kept having to roll from side to side and cough to get her to move into the right spot, but she wasnt having a bar of it by then, but we got a shot of her sleeping on the placenta in the same position her Dad sleeps in!  It was adorable!
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   that's awesome:) can;t wait till we can find out if bubs is a boy or a girl:) 
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