What do braxton hicks feel like?

[GeorgiaHolly76]

I am nearly 29 weeks pg with identical twins. Every now and then my tummy gets really tight and feels really uncomfortable.
Also at the same time I need the loo to the point where I can't stand up straight.
The tightness lasts for a few minutes at a time but doesn't feel like cramping....

I'm really confused and terrified of going into premature labour...

I want to ask my midwife but she's pretty useless and is sending me for all my blood tests 2 weeks too late cos she forgot!

thanks for any help xx

For me I felt a tightening right across my abdomen - not painful or even really uncomfortable. They lasted less than a minute. They happened from about 30weeks i think or later. I bet that is what you are experiencing but do ask if you are worried - it's just not worth keeping it to yourself.

sounds like BH to me as mine feel pretty similar and didnt realise what is was to start with

Ooh, I think I had a BH t'other day - just on one section of my abdomen, though. Sounds just like the same tightening you're all writing about, though I'm only 22 weeks.

It does sound like BH. I get tightenings across my abdomen - it can be just part of the uterus or the whole thing - and my whole belly goes rock hard (sometimes uncomfortable enough to take my breath away). If my bladder is full it is much worse! With my first pregnancy it started really early (about 6 weeks) and with this pregnancy about 19 weeks. I'm pretty sure they are much stronger in this pregnancy, sometimes I wonder if I am going into premature labour because they go all the way round my back too and feel like the baby is being pushed down onto my cervix. I keep waiting for my waters to break or something!!

Mine feel exactly as you are describing.......tight uncomfortable tummy.