Can you always feel contractions?

[WhovianMomma]

I was told today that my having contractions can drop my blood sugar... in the past hour I've had 2 contractions and my blood sugars dropped very suddenly (this is unusual for me this 3rd trimester). I was wondering if maybe I had more contractions and just didn't feel them? The 2 I did feel weren't very intense or painful...

[capricabsg]

I can feel my stomach tightening sometimes but its not painful...I'm guessing that's the braxton hicks...but the past couple days I had what felt like bad period cramps and my Dr said those are actual contractions...but its weird because I can't time them....I've been feeling crampy but its more a constant thing it doesn't feel like a contraction that lasts a minute and I can time how far apart they are... so now I'm confused. Many people said the period cramp feeling is how they felt when they went into labor...but does that eventually get stronger to where you can time it? I've also been getting dizzy the past 2 days so I'm wondering if maybe my blood sugar is dropping.

[snarong]

Braxton hicks? I'm 28 weeks and they are coming on like crazy. I felt like I got the wind knocked out of me or constriction in my legs, or bad blood flow to my legs

[licia31]

I just felt my stomach getting tighter

[phenana]

Many women don't feel contractions until they're in active labor

[moejoe8041]

Wow im going to have to ask about that! Since ive been preggo i dont feel my sugar dropping till it gets that low. Sorry i was just curious...im a ftm so i cant help with the contractions

[WhovianMomma]

Blugrshart, with those contractions could you feel them with your hands on your belly? I didn't even try to do this earlier as I was trying to get my blood sugar back up... my OB wants me to go get monitored if they're 8 minutes apart but if I can't feel them idk what I'll do.

[blugrshart]

With my first I didn't have any pain at all. They hooked me to a monitor where I could see the contraction spiking up but felt nothing until time to push and then it was nust pressure.

[sgulia1987]

I've  known women who didn't notice early contractions so it may be possible you had more.

[WhovianMomma]

It dropped into the 40s when the normal for those times of day usually are 150-170.

[moejoe8041]

Omg i never thought about that....did it drop to crashing levels?