What do braxton hicks feel like? And is this them?

[Snoopea]

Hi,
I got cramps early on in both my pregnancies, braxton hicks normally don't occur until near the end. I think that your body is streching in weird but wonderful ways and your muscles are finding it hard to cope with the added weight of your baby.
I was told that it was common to get cramps that run across your belly or to one side. Mine felt like mild period pain and streched across my belly dominating the right side.
I would mention it at your next check up, and if it is occuring regulary make an appointment to get checked. It's always better to be safe than sorry.

I'm pretty sure it's normal.

Best of luck!
Snoopea (Kelly)

[Snoopea]

Forgot to add no question is ever dumb if your concerned ask!!!!!!!
If nothing else it'll make you feel better!!!

[~StarBright~]

hey leasha, i get a very similar thing, it seems to happen when i am sitting in an un comfy position and i go all tight until i stretch and then it settles, but is easily cramped again!! I get it bad when driving and sitting at my lap top when im not at the desk (naughty me)
it scared me abit and when i mentioned it to the mid wife she said maybe BH, but that at 14 weeks its a bit early.

I find laying on my back helps and stretching abit.

xoxo

[MrsBump]

Hi, Im not sure wether they are BH or not, Apparantly you do get them all throughout your pregnancy but mainly start 'feeling' them in the 3rd tri,... well thats when i normally start to feel mine. I would ask your carer. When is your next appointment??

[Kailz]

I get it too, my ob said it's just my uterus getting bigger and all your organs moving around making room for the baby.

You don't feel BH til about 3rd tri.

Gas hehee

[Butterfly_Princess]

Id say definately BH
I know exactly what your describing, and ive felt them from about 20 weeks onwards. All women get them throughout their pregnancies, just some feel them earlier, some feel them later. Im sure if you were to gently push on the area when you are having one you will notice that your tummy will feel really hard?? Thats what ive noticed, i can define where my uterus is because the contraction will make it hard and id be able to feel it
They also say that it feels like period pain, and an orgasm can also bring it on because of the contractions from an orgasm (its usually when i get them )
If you get worried though, definately call your doctor/midwife, but im almost 100% its a BH. Maybe do some googling??

[Antheia]

I agree, it sounds like BH to me. I started getting them earlier than people said i would too with my first. I got them from about 14 weeks with my second. So i would not rule it out. BH can be painless, uncomfortable and even painful (mine are always painful) so it feels different to different people and starts at different times etc. Same with anything involving pregnancy, i have come to accept that not everything is like the text books say it is.

[Karina]

Leasha, that sounds like what my BH felt like... a sort of dull ache, with a bit of squeezing and my tummy would go hard.