It sounds to me like baby is dropping slowly into position for birth. I felt the same thing and actual contractions sometimes and it was her moving lower.

@windingsmama4, omg yesss! This may be tmi, but I've been feeling slightly constipated and gassy as well.

@queenace, thats exactly what i felt it was feeling like i had to use the bathroom like a terrible #2 to where i would feel crampy and it kept getting stronger i would definitely go to hospital if it gets any stronger

@queenace, lucky you. I've went like four times since February and only one of those times everything was good.

I don't mean to. But I'm a first time mom and hours away from family. @windingsmama4

@aheggs3, im the same way. It's like every pain I want to rush to the hospital because idk what it is I'm feeling. But I'd hate having to go there and they just tell me it's the "normal pains"

@aheggs3, dont worry all of us im sure have had those moments i hated getting the feeling that the dr.s and nurses at hospital would get annoyed etc. but its better to be safe then sorry

@greenlandnichole, i drink 8-10 bottles of water a day, way more than I used to at the beginning of my pregnancy. @jamielynn07 i do all that now. I think that's just what the main problem is, my hips spreading and it's causing a lot of pain. @windingsmama4 i fear that this is what I may be experiencing cause that's the only place I feel pain is in my back.

It's so hard to tell. I'm a FTM and I swear I'll go to the hospital for anything but I don't. I went last Friday because my stomach was hurting so bad, I thought it BH or I ate something that gave me a stomachache but when I got there I was having real contractions. Luckily I hadn't dilated.

every pregnancy is different im not a ftm this is my 4th everyone always told me that when the real deal came that i would definitely know but which i did with my first 2 pregnancies with my 3rd i had all back labor and it was much worse it started out as alot of pressure in my back and was getting stronger which of course i never knew there was such a thing as back labor and i was due to be induced the next morning so i took a hot shower with it hitting my back and finally after i was able to fall asleep and next morning i went to hospital to be induced and they told me i was already in active labor

@chunkymonkey9115, i haven't really had any cramp like feelings. @rainbowbaby2015 my back and pelvic pain feels the same but to me, not strong enough to be a Braxton Hick or contraction. And I'm trying to avoid having to run to the hospital when it's nothing but the baby moving into position or something.

I would think it's safe to say your not getting contractions then @queenace .. I never had BH with my first pregnancy but also had a ton of hip and pelvis pressure. your hips probably need to relax and spread more before your baby can start to decend for you to contract and dialate. try bouncing on a ball and do lots of stretching esp before sex and laying down. chiropractors are also wonderful

I had a bunch of Braxton Hicks, pressure and back pain at 34 weeks, went to l&d because advice nurse told me to. It was all caused by not drinking enough water.

@jamielynn07, the times I do have sex I never have tightness or anything in my stomach during or after. Like I said it's just pelvic and back pain. After sex the only thing that hurts is my hips and pelvis.

I was having consistent braxton hicks every ten minutes and back and pelvic pain called my doctor and they said to go to L&D cause I was in labor I get there and they say its just braxton hicks. I was so upset because it felt so real, some were worse then others. baby could be shifting into position, you could be dilating without knowing it (that can be painful sometimes)

contractions feel like cramps but 10x worse

do you get contractions when you have sex? they are pretty intense. very tight and then it lessons up into nothing. your stomach will get pretty hard

I feel like that all the time! I'm 33 weeks and I think I'm having a lot of BH but I don't even know if that's what they are