https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 18:25:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-429228 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:23:02 +0000 Mrs. Blue 429228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I'm already having some BH. One day, especially, I felt just really off. My stomach kind of hurt and just felt weird. It took me all day to realize it was my tummy tightening up sporadically. After lots of water and some time losing down, they went away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-418382 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:03:44 +0000 shopaholic 418382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto. It feels like the baby is getting into a ball shape or one spot on my tummy would get hard. Kind of crampy but doesn't hurt. I started getting them early, but I always thought it was the baby moving until the Dr. told me they were BHs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-418219 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:56:01 +0000 Minnie_Girl 418219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like PPs, I thought baby was scrunched up and pushing against my belly when it was my muscles contracting. It doesn't feel like much of anything for me, it's not painful or unpleasant (currently 39w). Because they do feel very benign, I didn't notice them or realize they were happening until the past week, when they started getting stronger and more frequent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-418215 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:52:45 +0000 skibobrown 418215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, that sounds exactly like BHs. Part of my stomach would tighten up into a hard ball. Not painful at all though, just annoying and sometimes a little uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-418206 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:46:38 +0000 JessiBee 418206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! I've been having these too, and I also just assumed it was baby pushing up against me. Huh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417986 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:55:26 +0000 Weagle 417986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine always felt like LO was just getting into a tight ball. My dr had to point out that they were BH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417962 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:41:24 +0000 wheres_c 417962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@birdofafeather: I have what you describe and I always thought it was baby moving too. Now after reading comments and hearing others experience I'm not so sure either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417945 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:25:00 +0000 birdofafeather 417945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hm, maybe these are them! they don't hurt, but i definitely feel tightening of the belly. i assumed it was the little lady moving around or being in a weird spot. i'm going to pay attention more. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417944 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:25:00 +0000 pl0508 417944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>hard tight spot on my belly that isn't the baby. when i touch him, he always moves away. these don't but they do go away eventually. mine don't hurt, they are just uncomfortable right now!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417934 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:17:45 +0000 rattles 417934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely tight - it's like my stomach is rock hard, usually starting at the top. They started just a little uncomfortable, but as I get closer to the end, they've become stronger/more noticeable/painful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417914 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:02:05 +0000 chopsuey 417914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. Tightening of the belly. Mine hurt me a little and I have a hard time breathing through them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417910 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:58:36 +0000 Andrea 417910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with @banana. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417905 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:54:53 +0000 erwoo 417905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When all of a sudden you feel a hard spot on your belly but it doesn't hurt. Just a little pressure. I had it the last two months with both boys. Sometimes I will have to stop when I'm walking to let it pass. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417882 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:45:29 +0000 MamaMoose 417882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never felt them my whole pregnancy. Or if I did I didn't know it. But I always heard it described as a "tightening" of your belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417878 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:44:35 +0000 banana 417878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, felt like muscle cramps. Like a super tight feeling on your belly. Not at all like menstrual cramps for me. Real labor pains felt like menstrual cramps. BH felt like tight muscle cramps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/braxton-hicks-what-do-they-feel-like#post-417876 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:43:28 +0000 birdofafeather 417876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I was commenting to a friend that I've been feeling well (I'm at 33w) and she was asking about movement, etc. I told her that I sometimes feel like she's in a weird, firm square or ball in the middle of my belly and she said, oh, that's braxton hicks.</p> <p>i always heard them described as crampy feeling, so that's why I never thought it was BH. does anyone have a better explanation of what they feel like? i'm going to ask my OB next week, not that it really matters, but i was just curious to your experience with BH. </p>