This weird thing keeps happening, maybe a few times a day, often at night. My belly, well, my uterus goes into like a really hard lump! If I feel it it's like rock hard! Then it just goes away. Doesn't hurt or anything. It's usually the whole thing but sometimes it seems a bit more on one side.
I thought it was maybe gas or something, but then nothing ahh... comes out So, what is going on??
Really? I thought they didn't happen until later on, especially with a first pregnancy? And I thought they were a bit painful or something? I have no idea really.
Is it anything to worry about? I worry about everything. I shouldn't read the miscarriage stories I know but there have been a few ppl lately on BB and in real life who have lost their baby around 20wks so now I'm back to being a worry wart again. I thought it would stop after 12 weeks!!
Yep I agree hun - definately BH! I had them from pretty early both pregnancies and get them anywhere from 5-15 times a day! I even get them when I get up too quick off the couch, or if I need to pee!
Try not to worry lovely, I know it is easy to say, we mothers worry all the time, even once these cheeky monkeys are out!
The uterus actually contracts for the entire pregnancy, for preparation. It's just an individual thing on when you start to feel it. Braxton Hicks don't always feel painful. Some people don't feel it at all while others (like me) it can be quite painful.
Try not to worry. Your body is doing everything it should be.
Last edited by Antheia; September 24th, 2008 at 02:35 PM.
Sounds like BH to me too i asked my GP a while ago as i had similar happen. i allways expected pain with BH but after 4 pregnancies i havent had any pain with them.
Mine feel like very mild period pain lately..... and tightening sensations but not really painful, just uncomfortable!! Especially if i've eaten too much and it happens, then i'm really uncomfortable for a bit!!
It's weird when your belly/uterus goes really tight and feels super hard hey! It's taken me a bit of getting used to it....
This just happened to me about half an hour ago. I had it on two occasions when I was almost 18 weeks, then it went away, and it's just happened again.
It's a bit freaky, and hard not to think that it's something wrong, but obviously it's happening to lots of people at around the same stage as me.
Ren - does it mostly happen to you when you've eaten too much? The times it's happened to me it's been after a very big meal, but it feels different to just being full - really hard and tight, but not painful.
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What's my Belly doing??
So, what is going on??
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