Is this braxton hicks?

[Deleted]

I'm 38w 4d.

Feeling like I have cramps but they aren't moving or in waves, more of a constant annoying kind of pain. Dr google is not helping.

I had a very spicy lunch.

[rex]

To me at least, BH feel more like you're doing crunches. Everything gets really tight, then releases. I have been told the cramping is more like real contractions, not BH.

[allibee8]

BH is like a painless tightening that makes my belly really hard. Real contractions were painful (though mildly at first) and felt like waves moving around the belt region.

[halfpint]

Cramps can be early labor. I've had what feels like mild menstrual cramps for weeks. You might also be feeling just a general stretching of that whole region as it gets ready!