What do Braxton hicks feel like?

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27w3d and for the first time ever I was woken out of my sleep to a sharp pain by my belly button and my stomach was balled up and hard.

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sounds like braxton hicks, my stomach gets real tight and hard for like 15 seconds then loosens up, mine don't hurt tho, almost 28 weeks

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It's like a tightening in the top of your uterus. And itll get really hard then goes away eventually. Not usually painful just uncomfortable. Kinda feels like you're flexing your an muscles really right except you can't unflex it lol. 
When they first started for me I thought my baby has her foot pushing up super strong but my doctor told me otherwise.

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I just started to feel Braxton hicks two days ago. I did not have any pain but my upper abdomen gets really tight. I wouldn't have known that was what I was experiencing until I called my ob

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Menstrual cramps. Pulling.

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Doctor said I may be having them that might be the pain but then I did have them and they're unmistakeable

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You can tell when you're having them. You'd know 100%.

What do Braxton hicks feel like?

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