On my last pregnancy I don't remember feeling Braxton Hicks until a good bit later, like about seven months. But this time I'm getting them for a good few weeks already although luckily not painful just uncomfortable. I don't like the sounds of your ones Lildreamy
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I guess with it being my second I haven't bought anything yet. To be honest I'm not really planning on buying very much anyway because we have most stuff already. I'll have to get a chest of drawers for the baby and I want to get a buggy board for the pram (we have been offered a double buggy from BIL but I'm not sure that we'll really need it by the time baby is born). I'm also tempted to get another baby carrier - I have a Mai Tai but it's a bit fiddly to manage the straps and I wouldn't mind a good structured carrier. I'm not planning on buying any clothes yet as we are not finding out the gender - anyway most of the newborn stuff that I have from last time is neutral anyway. Actually I have bought something, I've bought some cloth nappies as I'm planning to use cloth this time round.