Is it Contractions?

[juleswa]

Hi Ladies,

Wondering how you'd best describe contractions? I was having some pains last night but they felt too high up to be contractions maybe?

Are contractions like an all over uterine / period pain type feeling, or can it be just lower down in the pelvic area around the cervix, or can it start a bit higher up at the top end of the uterus to push bubs down?

Just trying to make some sense of the pains I was getting last night. Started as just lower pelvic pain, like it was right on the cervix, then went a lot higher up to what did feel like the top of the uterus.

any ideas? or what do you think contractions feel like?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

not sure.. but ide like to know too.. hopefully someone will pop in here and tell

[Emma27]

How are you feeling now?

For me the contractions felt like waves of very bad period pain that lasted for about 30 seconds every three minutes. A couple of weeks before I had 'practice contractions' that only stuck around an hour or so then dissapeared. They were enough to make me 1cm dilated although it was still a couple of weeks before I gave birth.

[juleswa]

still feeling some pains lower down every now and again but nothing constistent.

I didn't think my pains were what i expected contractions to feel like, but then again you just never know. Have an appointment with my Ob tomorrow and will see how things look then. Maybe bubs is just getting into position cuase up untill now didn't feel like it was engaged as such.

Time will tell.

Just made a cuppa and going to sit and watch Bold & Beautiful - maybe I'll laugh so much it will send me into labour!! LOL

[Lozza]

I've been getting period like pains and cramps lower down and on the sides of my belly and higher up. My ob said its the start of Braxton Hicks. I am also getting sharp intense pain that lasted around 10 secs on my pubic bone area, which was the baby putting pressure on my pelvis because its heads down now. Usually they say i will be alot different to what you normally feel if they are the real thing

[Alan]

Hi Juleswa
It sounds like it could well be the start of early labour. It is quite common to first feel the pain low down. Put your hand on your belly and you may feel it getting hard each time you have a pain. The bad news is that this can go on for a few days or even stop and start again before labour is established.
It is a good sign that your baby will soon be in your arms.