Braxton Hicks

So today at work my coworker...who is 26 weeks pregnant, said she was having braxton hicks contractions. I asked her what they felt like and she explained. As she is telling me, I am thinking, I think I am having those. Starting on Saturday, when I relax on the couch, the lower part of my stomach will get real hard. It stays like this for up to a minute and then goes away. It has done this 2-3 times each night for the past couple of days. Me being the first time pregnant woman thought it was the baby...but nope...its braxton hicks. As I tell my friend that I am having the same feelings, I also ask her if she thought it was normal for me to be having them this early. She was not sure, so I decided to call the doctor and ask to be on the safe side. (Now mind you, the last time I called the doc to ask about cold medicine I could take because I wasn't feeling well, the nurse kinda snapped at me and told me to read the paper they provided me with from my first visit.) So I wasn't very excited about calling because I didn't want to get yelled at again. So the nurse gets on the phone and I explained my symptoms to herand she said it definitely sounded like braxton hicks and that I shouldn't be concerned unless they become consist. She also told me to mention this to my doctor at our next visit, which is in 2 weeks! Who would have guessed that at 18 weeks I would be having some sort of contrations??? Hopefully it doesn't get any worse than this for about 20 more weeks!