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Once your baby drops you are getting close to delivering. Make sure you have your hospital bags ready. Braxton hicks are just your body practicing. They will come more often the closer you are getting to having your baby. I personally don't feel like there is a relation between your cough and your low belly. Make sure you keep drinking plenty of water csuse even slight dehydration can bring on cramping and you want the baby to stay in as long as possible. Are you having a boy or girl?

I have had lots of braxton hicks throughout all my pregnancies. I would have episodes of strong braxton hicks every four minutes for hours at a time. They were very tight but never painful. I had scans at times and my cervix never shortened although during my first pregnancy I did lose some of my mucus plug at 31 weeks during a bad episode. At that time the Drs said they expected me to deliver but the contractions would always just stop again on their own. All my pregnancies went to term. It is a frightening thing to have though. I was told that dehydration can cause them to intensify so make sure to drink plenty of water. I was also told to lay down on your left side. If they keep going you are best to get checked again. I had the low pressure thing too. And a bad cough. Apparently pineapple juice can help for this and can work better than some cough medicines. I haven't tried this tho I just read about it in a health section of a magazine recently lol. :)

I had tons of Braxton hicks for hrs at a time for the last few weeks with all 4 of my children I have an incompetent cervix and was always really nervous. Dr said everything thing was fine but if you are feeling uneasy you can always give the dr a call they will be more than happy to answer any concerns you have . Drink plenty of water and they always told me to lay on my left side and rest if the were coming alot. As long as they are not painful everything should be fine .