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  | jax   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Topic: Braxton Hicks - Take Two ! Posted: 02 March 2006 at 2:57pm
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   Is it possible to have these early ?? I know they usually start for most people around 28wks... but I am pretty sure I'm having them now !!    And I know it's not gas, that's a different feeling altogether. It's not painful, just bl**dy uncomfortable !! I was due to do some outbound calls for work but had to beg off because I couldn't focus    I know it's nothing to worry about but arrrrrrrrrrrgh... why me and why now ??
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     Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
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  | lizzle   Senior Member
 
   
 
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 02 March 2006 at 2:59pm | 
 
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   I got them early with both my boys.  firstt ime I thought it was Jake rolling oer, but with Taine I knew what they wewre pretty eaerly...maybe 18 weeks....not long after I found out i was pregnant anyway.
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  | mum2emj   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 02 March 2006 at 3:03pm | 
 
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   i didnt notice braxtons with my first preg, but my second i felt them throughout...
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  | jax   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 02 March 2006 at 3:16pm | 
 
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   Whew. Thanks ! Feeling slightly less panicky now.    | 
 
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     Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
   Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~
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  | pixeldust   Senior Member
 
   
   
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   If they aren't Braxton Hicks, it might be your bowels? I had vague stomach cramping for the first few months which I thought were BH, but it turned out I was just a bit blocked up. I increased my fruit/vege/water intake and it went away by itself.
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  | jax   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 02 March 2006 at 7:26pm | 
 
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   Nope, bowels are nice and regular    Although I'm not really sure you needed to know that LOL    Since I'm eating us out of house and home at the moment, I try and cram in as much fruit and natural fibre as possible, and am drinking almost 2L of water a day. 
 My midwife was away, but I spoke to her backup midwife about it, and she said it was entirely possible that's what they were by how I described them. They lasted just shy of an hour, and apart from feeling a bit tired, nothing else is out of place.
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     Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater
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  | james   Senior Member
 
   
   
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 |  Post Options  Thanks(0)  Quote  Reply  Posted: 02 March 2006 at 7:57pm | 
 
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   oh i had them at about 21 weeks as well hey r horrable  i remeber telling my midwife and she said they r practice imagine what real ones are like nice one    | 
 
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