whats the differance between braxtion and reg. contractions? do brax. make you diliate?
2006-07-07 18:27:28 · 9 answers · asked by lil mama 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Braxton hicks contractions dont do anything. They are just kind of practice contractions for your body. They dont change your cervix at all.
2006-07-07 18:32:04 · answer #1 · answered by ~ Amanda ~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never experienced either, but I know that braxton hicks don't make you dilate. I hope I will be able to tell the difference when they come. They say BH contractions are not regular, but my dad was an OB/GYN, and I can't tell you how many dinners were interrupted and nights of sleep lost because women thought they were in labor when in fact it was just BH. He never complained. It's part of the job and he was paid well enough for it, but as the child on the other end of those phone calls pulling my dad away from home, I hope I don't confuse the two. I'm sure I will though, and I'll expect my doctor to be just as understanding as my dad was.
2006-07-08 08:15:49 · answer #2 · answered by tianjingabi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Braxton hicks are just your uterus " practicing " it doesn't do anything to help you along, it can give you a little taste of what your going to have. they are usually irregular and hard to time or predict. when your regular contractions start you'll feel the tightening of your stomach ( it gets hard ) and it'll move i.e. from you back to the side and in or from the top and bottom together if you want to speed things along try sex or walking or ask your doctor to strip your membranes those are the only things that can help you go faster other than that it can take up to 3 weeks for you to get from 1 cm to the full 10 cm ( i know a was 2 cm for 2 weeks
2006-07-08 02:33:51 · answer #3 · answered by manda 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are just "practice" contractions, not painful, just noticable
BUT:
By the time you're within a couple of weeks of your due date, these contractions may get more intense and more frequent, and cause some discomfort. Unlike the earlier painless and sporadic Braxton Hicks contractions that caused no obvious cervical change, these may help your cervix "ripen": gradually soften and efface, and maybe even begin to dilate a bit. This period is sometimes referred to as "pre-labor
2006-07-08 01:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by not at home 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they do not make you dilate. Some women get them, some do not. From my experience, however, I know that it is very hard to tell the difference from the way that it feels, until you've felt them and been checked and told that they were just braxton hicks. Then, when your regular contractions start you will probably notice that they are much stronger and more intense.
2006-07-08 01:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by heathernic_410 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've had strong braxton hicks with both my pregnancies, thankfuly my labor contractions where much stronger and I knew the difference. Not everyone does though, to some people they FEEL the same, so it's important to consider the frequency of them, preterm labr sometimes feels like more frequent braxton hicks contractions.
2006-07-08 01:34:17 · answer #6 · answered by Frisbee K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Braxton Hicks contraction are not real and I think they are your body's way of preparing you for the real thing. I have heard that everyone has them, just most people don't feel them too strongly. If you are dilating and so forth, then you are having real contractions. And that is how the doctor knows the difference.
2006-07-08 01:32:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No braxton do not make you dilate, and they are not regular. Some are 5 minutes apart, then 10 then 17, then the next one might be 20 minutes later.
2006-07-08 01:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by mitanbarr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.No, you don't dilate during brax. They are basically fake contractions. The diff is that you don't dilate and you are not going into labor during brax
2006-07-08 01:33:42 · answer #9 · answered by jojo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋