contractions!!?

[gmullins44]

Will someone please explain to what contractions feel like? Sorry it sounds dumb. But, I have been only feeling pain in my lower back but last night I woke up to intense stomach tightness.

[gmullins44]

Did you end up having your baby early? All I've been doing is drinking water & laying down & nothing seems to work.

[Niinax2]

I was having contractions with my 1st baby since 5 months every Time they hooked me up the machine they would ask me you don't feel them I never felt them. My stomach will get tighten into a hard ball every now and then but water would help it. I felt my contractions really felt them when I went to go in the shower and I didn't notice but my water broke and trying to lay down with my legs down would hurt so bad. Putting your legs up helps for me it did so much

[gmullins44]

Thanks guys. I keep getting like 3-4 every hour. But I refuse to go back to the hospital because they haven't been any help the past two days.

[JVerdugo]

It's not a dumb question.  I had c- sections with my first pregnancy (twins) and with the second I was in the maternity ward due to kidney stones.  My Dr asked me how long I had been having contractions and I told him I wasnt. Long story short,  I had been for two days but didn't know it. But these other ladies are right.  A tightening in your entire midsection. Good luck!

[alreamra2008]

Everyone experiences labor differently.

[1NAMILLION]

For me it was constant tightening and loosening in my tummy that was accompanied by a backache and extreme pains shooting through my hips and thighs.

[bittybean]

Contractions are when your stomach tightens. If you touch your stomach when you have one it will be rock hard.