Hard Belly? FTM question

2moms2b · January 2013

For the last week or so, my belly is rock hard when I wake up. It doesn't really hurt just really uncomfortable as the weight shifts when I get up. It actually makes getting up really hard and my SO has had to help me the last few days. It has even happened a couple of times when I take a nap.

Once I pee and move around for a few minutes it loosens and goes back to normal. I am sleeping on my left side or reclined in a recliner (bad acid reflux nights).

Does this happen to anyone else? Any suggestions?

Katierudolph31 · January 2013

Yes it happens with me a lot, I think it's cause there is less room for these growing babies. It doesn't hurt, just feels weird

Puck1182 · January 2013

Yup, it happens to me! I find that a full bladder tends to trigger BH (which is probably what you're experiencing with the "hard belly"), and I usually wake up with a full bladder. Like you, once I get up and pee I'm fine, but it doesn't matter how I sleep, it always happens.

Katierudolph31 · January 2013

I should say also these could be BHC and if it happens a lot you should call your doctor

2moms2b · January 2013

I thought it might be a BH but it happens every single morning. The full bladder might have something to do with it.

moosegal · January 2013

Sounds like BH. I also tend to get more BH when my bladder is full.

ckalm5 · January 2013

2moms2b:
I thought it might be a BH but it happens every single morning. The full bladder might have something to do with it.

The full bladder could definitely have something to do with it. I contract a lot and every time I leave a non stress test they tell me to make sure I am staying really well hydrated and emptying my bladder or it will make it worse.

tamarar5 · January 2013

I get the rock hard, Braxton Hicks contractions every single time I have to pee. It sucks because I have to pee like ten thousand times a day.

happylady5 · January 2013

Yep. And mine is because LO is positioned that way. It's usually when I wake up in the morning. My belly is misshaped and hard on one side, where he's been laying while I/we sleep. It goes away when he moves to another spot in my belly. It happens during the day too, at different times, as he changes positions.

ajetter · January 2013

My belly is also rock hard in the mornings, but I'm 90% sure it is because of LO's position in combination with the full bladder. After I pee and move around, so does she and we can go back to fighting over the space in my rib cage.