30 weeks and bouncing on my ball I'm getting belly cramps. Braxton hicks? Round ligament pains? What…

braxton hicks.

it can be contractions does it hurt?

Those activities give me BH for sure! Not to mention, if you are feeling pelvic pain, it's likely from the hormones relaxing your muscles to help begin stretching the pelvis. This gets pretty painful for me when I bounce on the ball! It only gets more intense the further along you get. I'm 40 weeks and I have so much pelvic pain!!

@braylinsmommy, it's sort of painful? The longer I do it the more it hurts. It'll get super intense if I use the muscle more like during sex it gets so painful I can't handle it.

@mamalamadingdong, I actually got on the ball to relieve some pressure in my hips and pelvis because they were aching so bad. I was doing my circular movements but decided to bounce a bit to be active and I started cramping up!

I misread the first time and noticed you mentioned cramping after rereading. I'm not so sure whether cramping is ok at 30 weeks! Although, I've heard some people say that BH can be painful. I just started ball bouncing around 38/39 weeks and it unfortunately does not relieve the pain for me... maybe I'm doing it too long or too hard!

@mamalamadingdong, it happened again today! My boyfriends car doesn't have shocks so it's super bouncy and bumpy and we were driving on shitty roads. I'm just gonna assume it's Braxton hicks since everybody feels them differently. And the ball didn't really relieve too much I was just hoping it would haha. I roll my hips in circles and it stretches them a little. It feels nice but I wish it stretched them more! I also rock back and forth and side to side. It relieves pressure while I'm doing it but as soon as I get back up I'm miserable again!