Braxton Hicks...Every 8 minutes...

[majm1241]

What is the normal range to get them? I've been awake about an hour and have been getting them every 8 mins!

 

[xemmax]

try having a drink and lying down - or changing what you're doing. i was having them every 11 minutes the other night so i went to bed and they stopped! x

 

[majm1241]

Thanks. I've been laying down the entire time. I will drink some water. Bryelle is moving around like crazy too. Just wiggling away. Could it be her causing the feeling and not really be BH??

Edit: It can't be her because it all gets hard!!

 

[xemmax]

if you're lying down then try getting up and walking about, or changing position. this usually stops them for me. as long as they're not getting too uncomfortable then i'm sure you're fine - just a bit of practice xx

 

[majm1241]

Thanks! Lol I will do that! Yeah, they don't hurt or anything just tightening and gets me breatheless! Lol

 

[I<3paul]

It might be the baby moving, when they like push their whole body outwards it can go hard similar to Braxton Hicks. I was getting braxton hicks every 5 mins yesterday and some pain in my back all day but today it's been fine.

I wouldnt worry unless they get stronger, more frequent and you get pain too xx

 

[Becky10]

Are they exactly 8 mins apart? BH's can come frequently, but the pattern is more like 3mins, 11mins, 5mins, 7mins etc. If they don't hurt and don't get progressively closer together then they are not labour and they should go away within a few hours. xxx

 

[jollygood000]

My Braxton Hicks are always 10 mins apart... its bizarre, sometimes I get 5 or 6, sometimes they last for hours (like when Im tryin to sleep) but they never get any worse or closer together and they always stop if I change what Im doing... i.e. I tend to get them more when relaxing, so I just get up and they stop but if I stay still they continue xx

 

[majm1241]

Thanks ladies. Yeah, they were every 8 mins apart for a couple of hours. Started off at 5 and then went to 7 & then stayed at 8. Then I got maybe 1 or 2 an hour. Some of them could have been baby moving because she is VERY wiggly!

 

[frsttimemommy]

dang i never thought to time mine haha. but i get em if i walk too much or after sex (tmi i know) but if i just change what i'm doing they stop. but boy do mine hurt!! then Trystin gets all wiggly.

 

[majm1241]

Yeah, mine come throughout the day. When I start getting a bunch I time them and then try to control them if I can.