Braxton Hicks

Wow. These Braxton Hicks have suddenly gotten VERY uncomfortable. I've had little ones for weeks now where my belly tightens up and I think, hmm my belly is hard! Well, Thursday I had about 3 or 4 in an hour and a half span while I was out with some friends so I went home and went to bed and they were gone.

Then, last night I woke up at 2:30 to the most intense BH contraction I've had. My whole belly was hard and it HURT. My back didn't hurt but my whole belly did. I tried moving around and it didn't help. After about a minute it went away and I kind of dozed back off. 20 minutes later I had another one that lasted about a minute and this one hurt in my hips as well as my belly. I got up and walked after this one, went to the bathroom, and went back to bed. I repositioned myself so that I was on my side rather than sitting up (how I've been most comfortable lately, lots of pillows behind me and slightly reclined). I had one more good hard BH contraction about 10 minutes after the second one followed by a few small ones varying between 7 and 10 minutes apart before they finally stopped and I was able to go back to sleep.

Boy did they hurt though. I assumed that BH didn't really every hurt, not sure where that idea came from but since they went away I'm not too worried.

Today we had the bridal shower for my mother in law. It was 90 degrees out but I was able to sit in the shade and Bill was great about keeping my cup full of ice water. Around 6:30 I started to get a couple of small BH contractions and then they started to get stronger. I wasn't timing them but they were a good 10 minutes apart at least. I had one really strong one and we left and came home. Now I'm sitting with my feet up with the a/c pumping and a fan on me. I haven't had any contractions since getting home. THANK GOD!