Contractions?

[KJL]

Just wondered what real contractions actually feel like? Just becasue I have been having BH's every night for a few days now but I've had some incredible intense tightenings tonight. I get tight across my bump and lower back coupled with the most intense downwards pressure in my pelvis. They really make me squeel Are these true contractions of just more intense BH's? It's difficult to know when/what I should be timing

 

[Babylicious]

sounds like contractions to me, BH's are more tightening, but labour pains really smart.

 

[KJL]

sounds like contractions to me, BH's are more tightening, but labour pains really smart.

I hope so! I was just tidying up the kitchen and I had another one. BH's tend to ease off when I move but this one didn't and made me stop in my tracks until it had passed. OK i'm not gonna get too excited just yet as I know how quickly these things can stop

 

[Babylicious]

labour pains won't ease off and the gaps will get closer together not to mention more painful. I find that if I rub my bump the bh will go off.

 

[paradysso]

join in and tweak your nips

 

[KJL]

join in and tweak your nips

I tried that last night but it really hurts I had to give up Might try it again though...worth the pain maybe

 

[paradysso]

ive been at it 1 hour now, and im getting lower back pain and period pains so fingers crossed

 

[KJL]

ive been at it 1 hour now, and im getting lower back pain and period pains so fingers crossed

Don't you get wrist/hand pain? I kept getting wrist cramp last night Would love to try again tonight but I find the whole tweaking thing really painful...god knows how i'm gonna cope with breast feeding

 

[paradysso]

are u maybe being too rough?

 

[pilkers]

here is a great site for timing your contractions...

http://www.contractionmaster.com/index.html

someone posted it a few weeks ago and I used it for timing my contractions... much easier than faffing about with clocks and things!

 

[paradysso]

http://www.birthingnaturally.net/cn/tec ... ipple.html

 

[Natural mamma]

Ok contractions........they feel completely different to B.H....B.H can get to ridiculous tight proportions and finish or start with a period type pain down at the bottom of your belly. A real contraction is that tightening but it hurts...and the next one will hurt a bit more and so on and so on......

it like a wave of pain.....not a wave of tightness.....does that make sense....??? YOU WILL KNOW......TRUST ME...................

I'm off to breast pump away too......

 

[debecca]

Ooh sounds good KJL!!!!

Best of luck xxx