Any of you ladies or pregnancy experts know if there is a connection between very frequent/strong Braxton-Hicks contractions and pre-term labor? This is my third pregnancy. I'm at week 35 and for the past 3 days, the BH contractions have really escalated. I get them throughout the day, and yesterday my uterus tightened up for almost an hour continuously.
I'm wondering if this is going to continue in this pattern for the next 4 or 5 weeks (please no!) or if it means I may deliver at 37 weeks or earlier. Or perhaps I'm just having an "episode" and they will decrease again?
I'm not at risk for pre-term labor, by the way, and my due date is right on. Thanks for any help or advice!
2006-07-25
09:49:07
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