contractions

[mamainmay]

Hi ladies! I hope you had wonderful Mothers Day! Ok I wasn't small before I got pregnant..I was down right chubby lol..so now my stomach is hard at the top and flabby at the bottom..what I was wondering was when I'm having contractions I know my stomach is suppose to get hard but will the flabby part at the bottom get hard too? I'm 39 weeks 1 day so I'm hoping labor will be soon (I've been cramping a lot but nothing that progresses)

[mamainmay]

Definitely good to know! Thank you!!

[stacey10]

its your uterus muscle that gets hard, so if your have abit of wobbly skin down the bottom now, that wont get hard when contractions begin :)

[mrssandefur]

I wondered the same thing! With having had two babies back to back and a third right after I've wondered sometimes " Am I having contractions or is baby just moving??" So its good to know lol. My flab is partially from.gaining weight with all these babies and because of my C-Sections

[mamainmay]

Ok thank you!

[kylasmom]

I'm the same way! Even though I lost 45 lbs b4 I found out its still flabby at the bottom. I'm 38 weeks n sometimes it gets hard but not as hard as the top part of my tummy. When I'm layin down everything is hard! I guess it jus depends on how strong the contraction is. Good luck!

[steph_ut]

No, nothing we can do about our fluffy parts. :) I remember contractions started as low, regular cramping that would go away completely in between, then to spread to farther up as labor progressed.