I'm currently 19 weeks and since I've been pregnant I've been having cramping. As of late the cramps have turned into various amounts of pains. One night (sometime later last week) l had to leave work early due to pain going up and across my stomach, hips and lower spine/back. I thought maybe the baby was on a nerve when my leg started to go numb. I had to have help walking to my car. I laid down when I got home and the pain subsided after a handful of hours. It had been off and on for the next couple of days.

Tonight I was at work and I felt that burning/pushing sensation almost like when I was in the early stages of labor with my second son. I had to sit down and relax for a minute and eventually it subsided.

I went ahead and looked up the possible issues, I came across Braxton Hicks however the article said it's usually in your third trimester that you experience them. I have never had them, so I'm unfamiliar with the sensations.

Is this Braxton Hicks or should I be more alarmed and contact my ob?

(They already have me monitoring my stomach pains due to other possible issues.)