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Recognizing a BH while standing up?

Luv-a-BugLuv-a-Bug
in 3rd Trimester

 

I posted this earlier in another thread but I think it got buried.  I have a hard time telling if my belly is just "normal hard" or "bh hard" when standing up... because it always feels hard to me when I'm standing!  I feel some soreness occasionally but I thought that was mainly RLP from walking too much etc.

 

Is there an area that is easier to feel for when standing?  I don't want to just not notice it and overdo things thinking "oh this is just how my belly always feels".  When I'm laying down my belly seems a lot softer and it's easier to tell if it hardens up.

 

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Re: Recognizing a BH while standing up?

  • TheMrsWithTheMostessTheMrsWithTheMostess member
    The top left of my belly is easier for me to feel if it's BH while standing. But that might just be me!
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  • ChicNotGeekChicNotGeek
    I don't know, but I am so tired of BH contractions.  I'm so tired of my belly being a huge, hard L'Eggs Egg.  It's just uncomfortable!
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  • ScissorTailedFlycatcherScissorTailedFlycatcher member

    Well, there is a tightness you feel, like making a fist, but you feel it in your abs. I never had trouble telling when I had one.

    Though................ Now I'm wondering if I ever had BH or if they were all just real contractions. Hmmmmmmmmmm.....

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  • Brit1017Brit1017
    Try feeling your belly button- there is less fat/ muscle between the skin and your uterus, so it can be easier to tell than other areas.
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  • BoizmomBoizmom member

    When I get BH, my entire belly gets hard as a rock.  They are incredibly strong and knock the wind out of me....they have been this way since 20 weeks.  They are really hard to miss.  This weekend though I started having real contractions...they were painful.  It's too early for me to be having contractions (31 weeks), but as long as I don't have more then 4 to 6 in an hour my Dr isn't too concerned  (had my monthly appointment this morning). 

    With my first two babies, my BH were barely noticable.  But when I started having conractions those were noticable...painful, couldn't talk through them, could barely walk...

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