Braxton hicks, should I be worried?

Question

So I'm almost 26 weeks (25.4) and was wondering, when did you really start to notice/track Braxton hicks?
To my knowledge I haven't even had any, and this app keeps asking if I've had any. 
Now I am 5ft 0" and I'm 245lbs (238 prepregnancy) and I don't know if that may have anything to do with it but figured I'd add that.
Any concerns I should have? What exactly does it feel like? My friend recently had her baby and said it never hurt so no idea what to really really expect here :s :s

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I’ve been having them since about 20 weeks, and my doctor said it’s perfectly fine.

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My first pregnancy I started getting them around 20 weeks, this pregnancy around 15 weeks. My friend didn’t get any up until around 33 weeks. So everyone is different, try not to worry.

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This is my third and I’m almost 24 weeks and started getting Braxton hicks. I read you can get them as early as 19 weeks.. nothing to worry about, it can be down to dehydration as well x

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With my first I didn’t get them to closer to 37 weeks, however, with baby#2 I started getting them at 17 week. Asked my OB about it and it’s totally fine as long as they don’t hurt. 
As for what they feel like: your belly gets extremely hard for a few seconds to a minute with no regularity and NO pain.

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Is this your first pregnancy? Some women don’t ever even notice that they have BH. I’ve heard the more number of pregnancies you have the more you can feel them. BH isn’t suppose to hurt just can get uncomfortable at times, like your stomach gets hard during BH contractions. I’m on my 4th pregnancy and have BH contractions and regular contractions and I can tell a big difference between the two! With BH my stomach just gets hard for a minute or two and then goes away. The real contractions I get are breath taking and I have to breath through them! I’m 25 almost 25 weeks pregnant. Hope this helps some. I wouldn’t be worried if you haven’t felt any BH it’s not a big deal, like I said, some women say they never even feel or think they have BH during pregnancy and then there’s others that do. Just depends on your body I guess!

Braxton hicks, should I be worried?

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