Braxton Hicks

[Kelly87]

What do they feel like? All these websites say different things.

[GreenEyedMama]

Like your period is comming or pain that comes and goes in your back.

[hanacabana]

Yeah i decribed a low cramps, period like pain, but not as nauseous and my doctor told me it was probably braxton hix.That was at like 20 weeks.

[GreenEyedMama]

They come and go in your lower back most of the time

[Linzola1]

I seem to have them in my lower abdomen more than anything else. I have had a few in my lower back but nothing too bad. I would suggest if you have any type of contractions to consult your doctor, espically if they are painful at any time. I went into the doctors thinking I was having just Braxton Hicks and ended up besent to Labor and Delivery because I was actually having pretty bad contractions. They are under control now but when I forget to take my meds they are pretty bad. Good Luck

[irrelevance]

It depends on a few things, according to my own experience, and I'm sure everyone is different. Depending on what you're doing, sometimes you don't notice them at all.. sometimes it just feels a little heavier in your belly, but whenever they DO happen, you can press around on your belly and it just feels like a rock. But for me, whenever I layed back from a sitting to laying position, I would get one and it would be a little uncomfortably tight.. But the further along I am getting the more uncomfortable they are.. I'm 35 weeks..Sometimes when I'm laying on my side, I get a BH contraction and it feels like the weight of my uterus and baby just gained like 5 lbs and sometimes feels like someone has their hands on either side squishing my belly together.... It's odd.. But not really "painful".. it's really just a discomfort more than anything. It really shouldn't be "pain" although I'm sure it probably gets a little painful with it being cramped on space, when you get real far along.

[sameerab]

mines feel like a tightning feeling like my baby is doing major turns they dont last long and it doesnt hurt

[joshuawatkin]

mines just like sameerab

[Kelly87]

Thanks ladies. You were all very helpful. I havent started getting them yet (ill be 27 weeks monday) so I just wanted to know what they felt like if I do get them.

[martikadragoon]

So it's true that BH's may hurt?  

Most ppl try to tell me they don't... but I'm fairly positive I've had several of them, and drinking lots of water seems to help. I've had them each day or so for the last week. which is WIERD.

Do you all suffer from them starting at a certain point in your pregnancies or have them continue from that point?

BTW.. to me they feel like a period pain, except you can feel it start to finish on the squeezing part. It goes from my hips to my front. (so I KNOW i'll have front labor)..

Water does help, and sometimes something to eat does also!

[sameerab]

kelly you've probably had them all ready and just didn't notice they aren't painful until your ready to deliver

[Kelly87]

Yeah i read online that you can get them as early as 6 weeks but you dont feel them till your 3rd trimester sometimes earlier.