How does Braxton Hicks feels like?

[Nadine216]

I got up off the couch last night and I got a very weird cramping-sensation on my lower abdomen, right on the bump? It lasted only for a second of two, and not at all painfull. Did not have time to see feel if my tummy was hard. I was caught off gaurd. It did not happen again.

So I was wondering how does braxton hicks feels like. Just like a cramp, right? Is this to early to get them? Did not have anything like this with dd.

I don't need to worry about something like this. Having this is good, right?

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i got my first one at 16 weeks. My belly goes really hard and it makes me unable to move to well for about 10-20 seconds. Its only now they are getting a little more intense and can come with cramping and period like pains. I only get BH mayb once or twice a week..

[Alyssas_Mum]

Sounds like Braxton Hicks to me, although i only ever got them once with DD#1 @ 40wks which was the same time i just happened to be walking up to the hospital cause we suspected my waters were leaking. Turns out it was all just a false alarm before the big day which actually turned out to be 6 hours later. lol

[2CheekyMonkeys]

yeah sounds like BH to me too. i used to get them when i had just been to the loo or when i was busting to go to the loo. mine didnt hurt, just felt tight and it was sorta on the underside of the bump. i think i have felt similar already this pregnancy but nothing major! wonder how early you are supposed to get em?

[sconeonamission]

really? Mine didn't hurt at all! In fact, mine felt like I was being massaged from the inside! I know it wasn't baby moving, coz when he moved - he moved!

[lestyrox]

I got BH all through my pregnancy with DS and i've been getting them during this pregnancy since about 11 weeks! They just feel like a tightening/hardness in and around my bump and sometimes its a bit uncomfortable to move if i have one. If you look at your tummy when you're having one it'll probably be sticking out at a weird angle or be a bit weird shaped. I get them all the time- at least 5-6 a day and especially whenever i need to wee. Its all normal and nothing to worry about. My OB said the reason i get them so often is because i'm so busy running around after a toddler Just think of it as a sign that your body knows what to do and is getting ready for the big day!

[~clover~]

With my BHs they just felt like tightenings. Everything would go tight & hard for a few seconds, then go back to normal.
When I was pg with DS they left me a bit breathless towards the end, but they didn't hurt.

[Butterfly_Princess]

Hoe gaan dit?? Hehe sorry Nadine getting in touch with my africaans again..
Sounds like BH's to meee, i didnt get them, only after DTD really..
Totally normal, and your more likely to feel them earlier in your consecutive pregnancies after your first. That said, women can feel BH's right through pregnancy, although some might disagree!

[~clover~]

I actually read that even women who aren't pregnant get Braxtons. All women do, its just that when there is nothing in the uterus you can't feel them.
So all women who are pg do have them, we just don't all feel them.

[Nadine216]

I got another cramp during the weekend .. way more intense and a bit lower almost right in my vagina TMI *blush* That made me bend over and take a deep breath for a few seconds But I think that might have just been a bout of gas also

I have not have another one yet, but I can't wait to have another. It felt so ... right ... I felt so much more ... mommy, kwim??

Lestyrox - I'm definatly ripping my clothes off to see the next one. I have such a small bump, it's embarressing, but I would love to actually SEE the bh!

Meg - Dit gaan goed dankie

bjrose - That is interessing - that you get bh even if your not pg! I did not know that