So How Do you Know If You're Having Contractions? I'm A First time Mom. & Never Been Pregnant…

Oh you would no them bad boys hurt

I had the same exact question... I asked the RN when I went for my non stress test last week and she said the same thing, You'll know when you are having them because it's unlike anything else you've probably felt. So I just said okay and I'm just waiting it out lol

@lillady, my stomach has been hurting really bad lately. & it's like an off & on feeling. it tightens like a fist & stays that way for a min at the most.. but how do I know for sure they are contractions?

I just seen my doctor earlier today and I asked him . He said they feel like intense muscle cramps wither in your lower back, stomach, or pelvic region.

does it hurt when it tightens ? @marissa2015

yes. but the most pain is in my lower back not my stomach. even when it tightens , my back is what hurts the most.

How far along are u

I just don't want to not know. my friend just had her baby & She wasn't sure she was having contractions & waited till the last second to go to the hospital.

39 weeks tomorrow @lillady

I'm a ftm and haven't had my baby yet but going off of what my doctor said those sound like contractions to me.

Mine was entirely in my back and I didn't know they were contractions at first. The nurse told me because she saw them on the monitor. They were at regular intervals and intensified as time went on. So I would track them to see if they are truly contractions or just BH or prodromal labor.

What do you mean by track them?

oh yeah u might be ready

yeah if you can take it go head in u don't want to wait

can't take it

okay. I just don't want to go in & be like I'm having contractions & think I'm in labor & nothing be happening & they look at me like a dummy.

it'll be tight at the top your belly and you'll have period cramps that are horrible down below lol

if you're talking n stop mid thought...definitely contraction