What does Braxton Hicks feel like?

[greenley]

Yep, tightening of your belly.  My uterus feels almost defined like a hard little ball when I'm having one (22 weeks myself although with my 3rd).  They sort of have a dull ache to me, but it lasts only a few seconds and goes away.  Definitely not too early to have them.  

[cleo29]

What the other said. Drink some water and lay down, they should subside. It is not too early, I had them early with both girls. If you drink lots of water and they continue, are regular and get more painful, I would call your OB.

[meganew]

I had them starting around then- my whole stomach would get rock hard and squeezy? They didn't hurt.

Round ligament pain, on the other hand, was a shooting pain that hurt a lot! They both made me nervous, but it was all good.

[iamgrace]

They are definitely normal and it's not too early, but for me, they were sometimes an indication I was over doing it. If I had lots, I would drink some water and rest- laying on your left side is best.

[RBL]

My belly just got hard. No pain or anything, just tightening.

[lilafowler]

Did you eat a $5 foot long today?

[Monica Geller]

I was just Googling this!! I think I overdid it today Christmas shopping. I'm drinking a lot of water and have my feet up.

ETA: My belly got a little hard and foot-crampy.  It went away but was slightly uncomfortable.

[yourmother]

Am I too early to have them? I'm 99% sure I started experiencing them on Friday. I have an appointment with my doc for next Monday. Anything I should do? This is totally normal, right?

[iamgrace]

Dec 22, 2014 19:14:25 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Am I too early to have them? I'm 99% sure I started experiencing them on Friday. I have an appointment with my doc for next Monday. Anything I should do? This is totally normal, right?

how far along are you? I can't see tickers.

I started feeling them with my second at like ten weeks? You actually have them throughout your entire pregnancy, but don't typically feel them in the early weeks.

[Stingyshark]

My belly started getting hard around 24ish weeks.. I took me until 30wks & my sister telling me that this was BH. LOL. I'm an idiot. I thought BH would hurt. It didn't hurt at all, it was just the weirdest thing. duh.

[thebuddhagouda]

I've started getting them at 16 weeks when I overdo it on a run or don't drink enough water during the day. Everything just goes hard. Not really painful….but not exactly comfortable.

[yourmother]

Dec 22, 2014 19:38:16 GMT -5 iamgrace said:

Dec 22, 2014 19:14:25 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Am I too early to have them? I'm 99% sure I started experiencing them on Friday. I have an appointment with my doc for next Monday. Anything I should do? This is totally normal, right?

how far along are you? I can't see tickers.

I started feeling them with my second at like ten weeks? You actually have them throughout your entire pregnancy, but don't typically feel them in the early weeks.

I'm 17w2d today. 

Reading this his thread has brought some relief.

[coribelle26]

I'm 26 weeks tomorrow and have been noticing them for a few weeks every once in a while. I described it to my OB as it feeling like the whole baby pressed up against the front of my uterus for a minute and she said yeah that's probably BH.