Braxton Hicks

[27andcounting]

Everyone talks about them but what do they actually feel like?

I’ve got a period like pains, very low behind the pelvis. But I’m also getting a tightening sensation at the top of my bump.

Is this normal Braxton Hicks? Currently 34+1.

[lockdownpregnancy]

BH come in all shapes and sizes. The apps say tightening and no pain but I strongly disagree.
Some of my BH have been tightenings with a little pain that you can carry on through without it stopping you in your tracks.
Then I've had false labour where the BH were coming every 4 minutes one night and they were absolutely brutal. To the point where I couldn't talk or move, they were that debilitating. I actually thought I was in labour!
I'm currently 38+1 and they are becoming more intense as time goes on, though still very sporadic, so I know it's not go time just yet.
My MW has said it's my bodies way of practising for actual labour!

[otterbaby]

Mine basically feel like my entire tummy is constricting itself, it gets really tight and hard and crampy. Once I had a proper bump (around 28 weeks) you could see my bump sort of spreading and going a weird wide shape too they aren't painful, but they can be intense and uncomfortable. I've had them since about 20 weeks and now 37.

Yours don't necessarily sound like BH, I think they tend to be on your lower bump rather than higher up? That sounds more like standard late pregnancy pains.