What do braxton hicks feel like?

[Pandora]

I didnt notice them at all the first time around.
this time they have been very evident since about 20 weeks or so, my whole belly goes rock hard. I only notice them if I am sitting down cos thats is when they feel unconfortable, especially when the baby moves at the same time.

[Serenitylee]

2 mins ago my tummy felt hard and when I touched it it was really hard and then I put my t-shirt back down and then within a minute I felt my tummy again and it was soft....could that have been BH without me knowing? I just assumed it was the baby as my whole abdomen felt quite hard but now it's not?

[berrme]

Serenitylee: Sounds like a braxton hicks contraction to me. They may get more obvious/ uncomfortable later in your pregnancy but for now that hard feeling is about all you are likely to notice.

[satya]

I never felt them.... I noticed the tightening of the tummy but it didn't hurt at all. The few times I thought it might've been braxtons (I was never sure) where I did get pain, I only realised afterwards that those pains were nothing like contractions at all. Of course didn't know that til labour started.

[Serenitylee]

Yeah they certainly do not hurt at the moment. They just feel like tightening of the stomach and then within seconds it goes away.