How many Braxton Hicks and hour do you need to have before getting worried about it? I had them with…

@beakymcspence

When the pain moves to your back and bottom

You don’t ever need to be worried about Braxton Hicks. There’s no rule about Braxton Hicks. It’s when they become regular, consistent and you can time them. Painful contractions that are consistent. Braxton Hicks are not consistent or true progressing contractions. Our rule of thumb for patients is 5 minutes apart. We would never administer medications for Braxton Hicks as they aren’t true contraction that cause progression or dilation. There’s no magic number love if your having true labour contractions that are consistent and take your breath away go in but if it’s simply BH you don’t need to be concerned❤️

If you’re not high risk and BH are not regular then you shouldn’t worry at all. I’m high risk for uterine rupture and i was told 4 BH an hour i need to go to L&D.

I agree with @zaka851, I was told to track them if you get more than 4 in one hour you need to drink water. If you get 4 more with in the following hour go to L & D. @zaka851 and I are high risk and on bedrest, so our instructions may be a little different.

I was told over a week before becoming high risk not to worry about my Braxton Hicks. I went and got checked three times anyways. Turned out my cervix was funneling and shortening.

I used to get Braxton Hicks for hours on end, every few minutes with my daughter when I exercised a lot. My doctor never really said to worry unless they became very painful or felt like horrible period cramps. I had them from 18 weeks on and still delivered a full term baby 😊