I still don't know if what I'm having is contractions or not.its frustrating AF!!! 😡 I get "lighting" a lot Sharpe pains…

thank you ladies @firstbaby_girl @tayek

I'm super late, my apologies. I didn't have pain meds, just a bit of oxygen.

I'm sorry mama. if you get a sweep it will be okay. just remember to breathe

I thought getting my cervix checked was painful @firstbaby_girl

its not that bad. just a lot of pressure. i think the cervical exams they give every few years are worse.

ohh gosh that sounds painful:/ @firstbaby_girl

don't worry. every mom has some kind of questions. its like when they check to see how dilated you are but in more depth. they swipe around your cervix to separate the amniotic sac from your cervix and it's supposed to help release hormones to bring on labor. usually they do it of your overdue or if there's little to no progress being made in dilation. I had 3. the 3rd one put me into active labor.

what's a membrane sweep?? sorry I'm asking so much .😕 @firstbaby_girl

well I didn't have real contractions until the day I went into active labor. so they started around 3ish am then they got worse after a membrane sweep around 2pm.

alright thanks so much. do you rember how long you had them bfor they started getting painful?? I wanna go into labor! lol @firstbaby_girl

that's how mine were in the beginning. then they got stronger. I would just keep an eye on them in general and see what the pattern is.

should I start timing them when they gt more painful or when they r closer together bc right Now most of them arnt pianful just dull and very period like. idk its hard to explain @firstbaby_girl

sounds like real contractions, but they don't sound like they're bad yet. keep track of how long and how frequent

okay thank you so much @their.bomb.ass.mom

yeah you only feel pressure with the epidural. but I didn't have heavy amounts because I could still feel a little and by the time I pushed it pretty much wore off but not a whole lot to wear it was just awful. and I do agree with her they kinda feel like period pains as well. I mean they're different for everyone too you'll hear a bunch of different descriptions of contractions.

honestly all the time. mostly all day @firstbaby_girl

could be mama. how often do they occur?

did the epidural help a lot with the pain?? @their.bomb.ass.mom

and rlly?? so maybe these period like cramps r little contractions? @firstbaby_girl

to me braxton hicks had my stomach tightening and sometimes took my breath away. real contractions felt like severe period cramps and sharp pain in my lower back.

Hmm, kinda. At first when I didn't realize what they were they felt like I had to poop really bad! and I had an epidural.

aww yeah ik its gonna be all worth it but I'm just so nervous. did you have any pain meds??@tayek

That feeling came and went with me, the poopy feeling. And when it was time to deliver it felt like my body had like, its own agenda. I couldn't even breathe when the pressure hit and the only relief was to push. It was pretty intense...but the relief afterward was INCREDIBLE. Plus my daughter's a doll lol She's 9 now.

ohh gosh okay thank you. deff don't think I'm having any yet then 😕 @tayek @their.bomb.ass.mom

this is random but I heard they kinda feel like poop cramps is this true?? or not so Much with you guys??

My contractions felt like being squeezed and twisted, and the squeeze twist got stronger and lasted longer as everything progressed.

It's hard to explain. They feel somewhat like Bh but times 20. your belly tenses up the same but the pain is very much there. and after and hour and a half they were still there, my bh came and went, weren't regular, and never stuck around too long.

so do contractions feel like just stronger BH?? or is it hard explain how they feel?? @their.bomb.ass.mom

sounds like Braxton hicks. mine got more and more intense the further along in pregnancy and after sex. it's different for everyone but my real contractions were very painful and wouldn't let up, I couldn't walk/talk through them and I felt like I could hardly breathe.