My midwife came over today for my 36 week appoimntment (even though I am 2 days away from 36 weeks)Everything seems to be going well :) Bub's head has engaged, I hadn't even noticed anything different besides my hips hurt a bit and I had a little more pressure on my bladder..none of that 'lightening...

I have had what I THINK may be BHC about 8 times today. I have tried laying down and drinking lots of water but when I get up my belly gets hard everywhere but on top, it also puts pressure on my bladder. I do not have this when I am laying down. At first I was sure they were BHC, but since the top ...

This weekend my body went CRAZY with BHCs. I've had a pretty uneventful pregnancy, so this is interesting to me. I've been having them for a couple of weeks, but they've been non-painful and not at all frequent up until this point. I feel like I'm about to start my period, every hour ...

If you don't know you are having them, do they matter? I will "catch" my uterus contracting once and a while. I will do something that requires bending/moving/stretching my stomach muscles and notice when I'm done that not everything in my torso unclenches. After an exploratory poke or two, I find m...

Sitting at my desk, all of the sudden the bottom of my stomach got hard... like pressure toward the bottom, in the middle of my abdomen. No pain, lasted like 5 seconds max. I touched my stomach and it was hard. Sound like a Braxton Hicks contraction to you guys? I have felt this before, an...

Two questions: 1. I have not noticed any Braxton Hicks contractions whatsoever. I hear that every pregnant woman gets them. If this is true, why haven't I felt them yet? I'll be 28 weeks tomorrow. Not that I'm complaining about not getting them ;) I am just curious. Do they just make your stoma...

I just have to share my excitement. I had my 35 week appointment today and everything went very well. (With the exception of waiting an hour to be seen, but that's normal. Ugh.) My doctor came in and immediately asked if I had any questions, which I did. I asked her if she could tell what posit...

I'm 32w4days, and for the past week or so I've noticed that all of a sudden my stomach (the upper part) will get very tight & rock hard. I don't feel anything though, I just notice it if I happen to touch or poke my stomach. Is this a contraction? Or is it the way the baby is laying? I don't know wh...

what do braxton-hicks contractions feel like? its been almost 11 years since i had my daughter and i just do not remember. i've been having a tightening feeling here and there and thought the baby was curling in a ball or something. it dosent hurt so much as its uncomfortable. Also,while youre ...

I don't have the slightest idea how to tag this post, so I apologize for that. I'm 8w4d, so not showing yet. My belly was already a little ... soft, since I'm slightly overweight. I've noticed it's getting a *little* rounder, but not much yet. But here's my question: Every now and then, this soft, r...