FTM ? about Braxton-Hicks

Stasi

I'm not really sure if I'm having any Braxton-Hicks contrations that I can feel (I know you can still have them without actually feeling them). I know they feel like a tightening of your entire uterus, therefore, entire bump right?

Sometimes I get a dull, period-like cramping, but only on the lower half of my uterus that lasts around a minute or so...could that also be a Braxton-Hicks contraction or just some general discomfort? It only happens 2 or 3 times a day...

 TIA!

Manx4

FWIW I didn't feel them with my DS but I was having them.  My OB pointed it out during an appointment.  haha. 

With this pregnancy I started feeling them pretty early but I think it's because I knew what to "look" for and feel for because I had already had a child.  

You could be having them, or you could just be having some discomfort as baby gets bigger and starts sitting lower.  

Stasi

LoisLane23:

Those are contractions, but pretty much anything that doesn't end in delivery is a BH, even the painful ones. That's how many of my real contractions felt, like a very strong need-to-poo cramp.

This, but not very strong...just mild. Thanks for the description. I've still got quite a while to go, so it's not like I'm banking on feeling anything until I actually go into labor (if that even happens, I have a weird feeling I'll have to be induced).