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Labor Pain Or Not to Labor Pain... Thats the Question Posted: 08-22-06 12:47pm
Hey ladies!!!
I am at 37 weeks and have a on going
question... I have the b&h
contractions... My tummy gets rock hard
for a minute then it goes away... I have
no pain as of yet... Which I am not
complaining about!!! But I have been
getting this shooting pain in likethe top
part of my inner thigh... What is that???
Is it a contraction pain or my body just
being strange??? Its just started
happening but it has happened more than
once... So now I am curious...
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impatientlywaiting
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Nov 2005 Posts: 65
Posted: 08-25-06 19:15pm
I had the "painless" contractions too...
I could not decide whether they were real
or not. I finally started timing my
contractions (when my stomach would get
hard then soft) they were 4-6 minutes
apart and lasted about a minute, that same
night I went into labor! Everyone is
different though. I also had the pain in
my inner thigh for weeks...I think it is
just your pelvis getting ready.
Good luck, hope that helped.
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rosejackson
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Posted: 08-29-06 05:44am
My tummy was going hard for days without
much pain but I definately knew when I was
in labour! I was having period pains that
lasted a minute and being two minutes
apart!
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dramaqueen
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Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 34 Location: United States
Posted: 08-29-06 07:02am
Hey melissa, when I was pregnant with my
daughter, I had braxton hicks from six
months until I delivered, on almost a
daily basis. And like someone said in
another post to your topic, you will
definitely know the difference when you go
into real labor!!!! My very first
contractions felt like bad menstrual
cramps also, and your stomache will be
hard during a real contraction just like
with the braxton hicks, but you will have
the pain, and it will get consistently
worse, or at least it surely did in my
case. I am not a doctor, but I personally
do believe that braxton hicks can do a
little to dialate you, as I was at going
on three centimeters dialated for the last
three weeks of my pregnancy, but again i'm
not a doctor, so I don't know if this was
the cause, and the doctors didn't seemed
concerned about me being a little
dialated. I also had pain, your body is
preparing to have this baby, and you have
a lot more weight resting on you at this
point that could cause you hip/thigh pain.
Good luck I hope everything goes well for
you!!!
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laura_friesen
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Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 610 Location: , Canada
Posted: 08-29-06 14:19pm
Hey hey! Im 37 weeks and I feel left out
cuz I dont feel anything still unless its
baby moving or kicking :s I haven't had
anything other than that feeling in my
tummy and a few sharp pains here and
there.. :s
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rosejackson
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Posted: 09-01-06 07:37am
laura_friesen
wrote:
hey hey! Im 37 weeks and I
feel left out cuz I dont feel anything
still unless its baby moving or kicking :s
I haven't had anything other than that
feeling in my tummy and a few sharp pains
here and there..
:s
dont worry not everyone had braxton hicks,
some people go into labour without many
signs beforehand
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laura_friesen
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 610 Location: , Canada
Posted: 09-01-06 11:47am
rosejackson
wrote:
laura_friesen
wrote:
hey hey! Im 37 weeks and
I feel left out cuz I dont feel anything
still unless its baby moving or kicking :s
I haven't had anything other than that
feeling in my tummy and a few sharp pains
here and there..
:s
dont worry not everyone had braxton hicks,
some people go into labour without many
signs beforehand
oh okay good. Thot that it would take way
longer to go into labour cuz I haven't
felt really any "labour signs" that much.
Im just getting menstrual cramps at night
time here and there, and direah and
feeling kinda sick but dont know if thats
from the pregnancy or not :p
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erinjacob
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Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 219 Location: australia
Jess Posted: 09-20-06 01:23am
Iv been getting braxton hicks for bout
month now but mine are painful but because
they are not regular it dosent matter
youll no when its the real thing
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