This may be a silly question but what did your contractions feel like when they first started? Were they automatically…

Yeah the main thing is that pattern

Pay attention to how long they last and how far apart they are. Its like a cramp, won't be able to lay down or nothing

@kaylamoye1, so yours automatically hurt down below or did it progressively turn painful? I keep having Braxton hicks that are slightly painful and it's been a year since I've been through this so I'm not sure if they could be actual contractions. It just started

For me mine started hurting at like 12 30AM it was literally like a bad bad period cramp at first and by 8AM the pain was like a wave would come for 15 seconds go away for like 3 mins then come back

It was bearable pain but after a few hours it started to get intense

Tightening in the stomach only then began to come from my vagina/butt bones up to my stomach

@kaylamoye1, gotcha okay!

@anyae23, okay, thats how it's feeling now. Just a really tight stomach cramp with slight pain and I hope it gets worse so I can have this baby!

How far apart were they are first? @anyae23, @kaylamoye1,

@brianna_, the first time they were about 8-6 starting out. I didn't time with my son because i just knew it was the real thing because it just wasn't stopping

@anyae23, oh okay. Thank you!

@brianna_, no problem

Couple hours I believe

@kaylamoye1, oh wow!

when i was put on pitocin with my first, they felt like a bad belly ache that would go off and on!

@kaylaberg7777, was it tightening or like you had an upset stomach?

@brianna_ It was just more of a belly ache feeling with a little bit of tightness. My braxton hicks were WAY tighter than my actual contractions haha