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Braxton hicks?

What are they supposed to feel like? I think I have been having them often now. It's kind of this pressure i feel on my belly. It's weird. I thought it was maybe the baby's head moving in a tight space....But I don't know for sure. They don't hurt but I been getting them quite often now (if that's what these are) any ideas?
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Everyone is different and feel them differently. I also find mine change the later part of pregnancy.  Most of the time they start out as tightenings on the lower tummy uncomfortable but very manageable.  And as I get closer to baby coming it becomes my whole tummy that tightens and sometimes they take my breath away other times I feel them painful.  
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When I get bh my lower stomach tightens and becomes super hard. It also takes my breath away a bit. Mines a little uncomfortable but doesn't hurt.
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Im not sure either. The other day i had this god aweful pain in my belly and back amd left hip all at the same time. It stayed for anhpur on n off
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