Sounds pretty normal, I get all kinds of little jibs and jabs all over the place, even in my *wolf whistle*. I learnt with my son not to ring the midwife all the time, cos I became so nuerotic about everything (and ended up living on the evil Google search engine) ...which I think is pretty normal with your first

The tightening you mentioned sounds like Braxton Hicks, hurray for them...not Not painful my arse. Ok so not as painful as a real contraction, but enough to ruin the last minute of Judge Judy.

Hope your feeling a little better now though, unless your bleeding or feeling really unwell I wouldn't stress too much about them. Imagine having 8 in there like Octomom