I am 14 and a half weeks pregnant with my fourth baby. I’ve been having random cramping from 11 weeks forward but now it feels more like Braxton Hicks instead of just plain muscle pain from ligaments stretching and it’s to the point where my entire abdomen becomes hard for a few seconds then it goes away. To be honest, I never had these until I was past 20 weeks in my last three pregnancies, and I am high risk for preterm labor and IUGR. Most times it isn’t painful, maybe twice it has been.