So im 37+2 weeks pregnant. I’m wondering what Braxton hicks contractions feel like. I was induced with my first and slept through most of the early contractions so idk what i should be expecting to feel. Do they hurt at all?
To me it felt like my LO was stretching out as far as he could in all directions, but it felt the tightest at the top of my belly near my ribs.
I am 32 weeks and it hurts in my sides back and lower part of my stomach
It’s felt like my stomach would get rock hard and then go back to normal.
Mine felt like the baby was stretching
My whole midsection felt tight like I have been doing nonstop sit-ups and I felt like I was going to vomit. However, my actual labor was mostly in my back, which felt like a huge spasm that made my whole body seize up.
Im surprised you hadnt felt braxton hicks sooner… You can feel them as early as 15wks. Its just a tightening uncomfortable feeling of your tummy. The real contractions are painful
My Braxton hicks started around 12 weeks with my second and it just felt like a tightening in my belly, no pain. My real contractions felt like period cramps that got progressively worse.
Yes they feel like light contractions
Everything gets really tight in your mid section. They don’t really hurt, just uncomfortable, and hard to breathe.
I never noticed/felt Braxton Hicks with any of my 4.
They should not be painful. Just pressure and tightening. To me felt like LO is stretching. Your stomach will get hard but it shouldn’t be painful. Also should subside if you relax and drink a lot of water
They’re not painful, your stomach just gets really tight. For me it almost feels hard to breathe and uncomfortable for a minute.
Braxton Hicks isn’t something you’d be feeling as “early contractions”. Those start around 16-18 weeks for some women especially that have been pregnant before and continue into the third trimester. Early labor contractions are just as real as active labor (6+ cm) contractions… they just don’t hurt AS BAD and aren’t as close together. It varies for all women. With my second pregnancy I was clear to 5 Cm and didn’t even know I was contracting til I got to the hospital because I was mildly cramping and not feeling well. Now I’m 37 weeks pregnant with baby #5 and I’ve been in early stages of labor for a week now. Contracting every day, but nothing close enough or strong enough consistently to change my cervix past 2 cm. Some of the contractions are extremely painful that I stop what I’m doing and stand still through them, others just feel like mild period cramping.