This may be a silly question, but I am kind of on alert for contractions these days since I have been having more and it is too early for that! And, I know I am a 2nd time mom, but I didn't have contractions until I went into labor with DS and let's be honest, I don't really remember all that very well!

Were there times that you felt like the way baby moved made your whole belly hard like a contraction? Or was it always a contraction?

When you had a contraction was your stomach so hard and tight that you couldn't press on it at all?

Sometimes I can't tell if baby is just pressing out against me really hard or if I am really having a contraction and I don't know how to count it. If I have more than 5-6 in 2 hours my midwife wants me to call in, and I got pretty close tonight.