Okay fellow mamas... I feel kind of dumb for asking this but I’m expecting my first baby and I am wondering if anyone can explain to me what contractions feel like and how I know if I’m having them?
@doubleksmommy, good to know! Thank you! Today I started getting cramps off and on for about an hour and then they went away and I figured it was probably gas
@nyoung1006 yeah and it'll stop. Some ppl get them towards the end of preg and some ppl dont. I didn't with either of my kids. When I was preg with my first and the first contraction hit in the middle of my sleep I was like OMGGG . It felt like someone kicked me in the stomach with a boot on lol
@doubleksmommy, so are Braxton-Hicks pretty much the same just not as severe?
They’re like a cramp, your abdomen tightens a bit. I had them for months, and didn’t realize that’s what was going on until I went in when I was being induced and the nurse looked at the monitor I was hooked up to and said “you just had s contraction, did you feel it?” Lol I was like yeah, I’ve been feeling those for a couple months and didn’t know that’s what it was. 😂