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Contractions-what do they feel like?
Hey,
I was just wondering, what do contractions actually feel like? Over the past week Ive been suffering from pains in my stomache, the pains tend to be to the side and my stomache at times has felt like its.....well its a hard sensation to explain-sort of like pulling in.
I know its not actually contractions-as the pains arent really that painful...more uncomfortable if anything. I was just wondering if they could possibly be braxton hicks-or the begins of anyway....but then I would have thought I was too early for them too.
I was just wondering, what do contractions actually feel like? Over the past week Ive been suffering from pains in my stomache, the pains tend to be to the side and my stomache at times has felt like its.....well its a hard sensation to explain-sort of like pulling in.
I know its not actually contractions-as the pains arent really that painful...more uncomfortable if anything. I was just wondering if they could possibly be braxton hicks-or the begins of anyway....but then I would have thought I was too early for them too.
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The only way I can describe to real contractions is a very sore period pain, that comes and goes.
Hope this helps
xx
I never had BH but from friend's descriptions they sound like the type of thing you're having.
It's true, when they start you will know,even if you've never had any pain before or if you suffer with pain,you just know when it's the real thing.
With DS they started really mildly but I knew that was the start of the real thing.
I don't think anyone could success fully describe them as they tend to be different each time, with DD (my first) Iwas jolted awake with the first one but then they slowed and continued for the next 24 hours, they were bearable,i went to a MW appointment,then to town, finished wrapping christmas presents, prepared christmas dinner and finally gave in about 9pm on christmas night (strange, they did get worse when the washing up needed doing LOL) and then had her on the 27th, seems like a long time but they really weren't that bad, if the labour had been shorter it would have been perfect LOL
Izzy-Ive heard birthing pools are extremely effective. A lady I know had one and started screaming to get out when she had an accident in there and noone scooped it out-but as soon as she stood up she says the pain just hit her so she was screaming to be let back in.