Braxton Hicks???

[motherofan18month]

i did some research on braxton hicks and i know some of you ladies have experienced these so called false contractions! i read that smaller women can experience them as early as the first trimester, just wondering what any ones experience was like?? mine has only happened 3 times in the last week and is sort of like doing kegal exercises but more intense kinda uncomfortable!!!!!

[motherofan18month]

well as of today i have felt this tightening off and on all day but it has moved from my very low abdomen to my left side all together....maybe it's baby moving around...i know i felt my son during this week so im wondering if that is what i am feeling with this baby???

[motherofan18month]

i have felt it when i am sitting and lying in bed.......there not painful, but the tightening is uncomfortable.....kinda feels like im flexing my muscles for about 30 sec. and then goes away...not really sure if that is braxton hicks or not because i dont remember if i had them with ds!

[Sasha80]

I am 23 weeks and I have been experiencing them.  It's a cramping (tightening) in your lower abdomen which lasts a couple of seconds.  Mine have not been painful.  Mine occur if I sit for a long period of time or while I drive.