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For those of you having contractions...

wacissej2wacissej2
in 3rd Trimester
Are you feeling them only in your lower stomach? I've been having lots of them for the past two days but they've always been below the belly button. When I talk to the doc's office they seem to say I should be feeling them around my whole stomach.
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Re: For those of you having contractions...

  • mrsdoyle96mrsdoyle96
    your whole stomach(uterus) should tighten up. but the pain can be in the front or in your back. mine are in both yay for meParty!!!
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  • krisimkrisim
    I mostly feel them in my ribs.  I had a NST yesterday and my doctor said that it should feel like the baby is moving up (into my ribs) when I have a contraction. 
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  • AMYfromKYAMYfromKY member
    My whole stomach tightens up.  Perhaps you are having pains from your LO and not contractions.  Could he/she be sticking her butt/back/head out?
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  • MabzieMabzie
    i feel like i get period cramps and then my whole stomach tightens up.  it also feels like she is trying to sqeeze the crap out of my bladder by pushing down on it so hard it hurts. 
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  • wacissej2wacissej2

    I'm beginning to think maybe these aren't contractions. They really feel like bad menstrual cramps. They go across my whole lower abdomen and can feel pretty sharp. They last about a minute and can be timed pretty regularly (and after an hour they usually fade). But I never feel like my whole uterus is tightening. This is so confusing.

     

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