Braxton Hicks

I’m 35+0! Due beginning of September but opted for an elective caesarean at the end of August 😊 (Just incase that is relevant to my questions!)

The Braxton Hicks in themselves aren't a huge concern, they can be triggered by dehydration, more/less activity than usual, a full bladder, constipation, or baby just being in a different position. However, if baby has gone quieter than usual, call triage right away.

I'm 35+6 today and have been having very frequent BH for weeks, some days it's all day long. A few times at night they've made me think it's the real deal starting because of how intense they get. But a good rule of thumb is to look for a pattern, and a change in intensity. Once they get into a regular pattern, ie one every 5 minutes lasting one minute for one hour, and are feeling more intense, meaning you can't comfortably talk through them, then you are likely in full labour and need to call to triage.

Either way I would get checked based on baby's movements changing now anyway

I had this exact scenario earlier this week but I was 37+3 - they didn’t stop overnight and were very frequent so I went to triage (I’m booked an elective as well which is why they wanted to monitor it!). Deffo go to triage - for me it turned out to be an asymptomatic yeast infection causing them which I otherwise wouldn’t have known about if I didn’t have the cervical check whilst in triage. Subsequent medication stopped the Braxton hicks so deffo get checked out!