Braxton Hicks...

[yolly]

Ive had BH contractions fairly frequently now for about a week the are very strong, everytime it happens i feel like i need the bathroom and get quite alot of pressure around my ribs at the top. ( They dont hurt just pressure.)
What is everyone else experiencing with them???

[Karina]

Hi yolly, mine also felt pretty much the same as what you describe. Sometimes I would also feel a bit short of breath too.

[Ginger]

around about how many weeks would i expect to get them at? i have a huge amount of pressure on my ribs..but that's about all. what do they feel like?

[yolly]

around about how many weeks would i expect to get them at? i have a huge amount of pressure on my ribs..but that's about all. what do they feel like?

Hey Gracie if my memory serves me correctly i think you get them from 26wks onwards ..... but to be honest mine were so unnoticable until a few weeks ago.
Now they feel so strange!

[AnyDream]

I just get a rising squeezy feeling and then if it's a really hard one it starts to hurt a bit. It's also extremely visible, my tummy changes from being flat-round to being quite pointy-round (looking from above).

[Berry]

A general tightness so my whole uterus feels like an over-inflated balloon

[Adnil]

My tummy goes really hard, and up until recently that was all I felt. Now I get a little bit of cramping as well.

Gracie - I didn't feel them at all in my first pregnancy. I'm not sure why, but I've heard it's quite normal not to.

[Ginger]

ok, thanks guys. marydean- i have had exactly what you described. in fact i had a couple today while i was driving. i didn't know that's what they were though. how cool!!

[Berry]

Yes I was getting the cramping too, often associated with tightenings, but the cramping subsided around 30 weeks and I haven't been feeling it any more but instead just notice the tightenings

[Kirst11]

I am still getting cramping on and off, but am gettting the tighteneing a lot more often. Not painful, just tight. Once in a while it takes my breath a way though.

My uterus goes really hard, and like marydean says, my belly changes from flat round to pointy round.

[hipmummy]

I get an uncontrollable urge to walk!

[yolly]

Ive just noticed in the last few days now bub is almost fully engaged that everytime i have a bh i feel like i need to run to the bathroom...or more if i feel the pressure on my bladder 9/10 times if i feel my belly its really tight!!!