Contractions????

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How does contractions feel? 
I am currently having "period" like cramps that literally make me stop doing whatever I am doing and my belly is getting hard every time BUT I don't know if it was something that I ate and is about to make me go number 2... I won't know how to differentiate both 🙁🙁🙁

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Thats what my contractions were. Start timing them?  How far along are you?  If your less then 37 weeks id just go to the hospital to get checked since your premature if it is labour.

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How far along are you? I never had Braxton Hicks contractions so when I went into labor I had no idea I was in labor. But mine started out as like a bad ache in my lower back and then wrapped around to my lower abdomen. It took abt 4 hours for them to get to the point where I couldn’t walk, sit, or move without horrible pain.

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You will know eventually what the difference is. 
Contractions are like what you described, crampy tightening feeling. Time them if they’re becoming regular and more intense 😁 It could mean real labour. 
Otherwise, you could just be having braxton hicks.

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Sounds like it could be contractions. Are they short and isolated or constant feeling? 
When I had my 2 year old son I remember thinking, wow this is strange I’m feeling cramping and then all of a sudden they would go away and then randomly return. I wasn’t really sure what contractions felt like but in this case, I was 38 weeks I ended up having my routine doc appointment where they monitored me and said they were in fact contractions. They came on stronger and more frequently. 
I’m 34 weeks now and randomly had same feeling twice in the last two days. Random contractions that were completely isolated. When i brought it up at doctors appointment, they told me white common and to drink water in case I’m not hydrated enough.

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It felt like the worst diarrhea pains! I’d get this sharp urgent feeling I had to poop but never actually went to the bathroom.

Contractions????

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