Please help really worried now

[Courtneyrachel]

Hey girls, I'm 17 weeks pregnant, 18 weeks on Tuesday, I got my first braxton hick (well hard lump on my belly) after sex last week and it was a decent size like vertical next to my belly button, I got another braxton hick yesterday but the lump moved, it was situated like a ball on my bikini line, and again tonight it's exactly the same.
The size is so much smaller, should I be worried? This is also first pregnancy so lack knowledge!!! Really worrying me now

[tishaxx]

silverdream that doesn't happen at 6weeks beacon hicks that happens around 20weeks and onwards at 6weeks pregnant your stomach streches. Don't worry its your baby

[Thepennys]

Lol hun thats your child. The braxton hicks start a month before your due date. Your whole tummy will get stiff n you will start feeling sharps pains down there like you need to push. Its your body getting ready for labor soon. You must of felt your baby for the first time. Some women carry babys in there back you are the others ones who carry there baby in the front. :-)

[silverdream]

Braxton hicks can start as early as 6 weeks. But it's a contraction not a lump. Like the others have said it could be your baby. But if you still feel concerned about it then call your doctor in the morning.

[Cuppicakes]

The lump you felt was your baby. The hardening was probably a braxton hicks contraction. The braxton hicks  is what your uterus is doing I.e. Hardening and then releasing, kind of like a muscle contraction when you flex. The hard lump you gelt move or rather saw move positions is probably your baby and has nothing to do with tge braxton hicks contractions you felt after sex.

[ashlii00]

its your baby... he or she has just moved. but braxton hicks dont usually set in until ur in and above ur 20w mark. and they are suppose to be painless

[Courtneyrachel]

I was researching it when it first happened and it said braxton hicks can be painless, and everything fit the criteria, after sex - belly/lump rock hard and tight then once I stood up and walked around it was gone.
More worried about the size difference and that it's moved from next to my belly button to now being my bikini line and so much smaller, could that mean something's wrong?

[jeni18]

thats not a Braxton hick thats your baby its probley its foot or hand and a braxton hick is mild contractions or to some people its a cramp its your body practicing getting ready for birth

[missb94]

Braxton Hicks aren't lumps, they are painless contractions. The 'lumps' are probably just your baby moving in weird positions lol :)