Hi all, Here's a question -
So I'm almost 39 weeks (EDD 8/21), with my first, and very impatient to go into labor and have this baby. So I keep looking for signs of impending labor, and have been noticing 3 distinct types of sensations, at least some of which I'm thinking are probably BH contractions:
The first type is where it just feels like my belly (uterus) gets hard, and is basically painless. It is not very noticeable when it starts, I tend to notice more in the middle and think, hello, something is happening down there, and then it seems often to last for several minutes (the end is usually not too distinct either though). Those usually seem to happen when I get up from sitting or lying down or when I start walking.
The second type feels like menstrual cramps, and is somewhat achey but not too bad either in terms of pain. I have tended to feel these at night while lying down in bed, and especially the last time my husband and I DTD a couple nights ago ...
The third type is the weirdest. There is no pain but I get a strange breathless feeling and I seem to feel my heart race a bit, like something is getting squeezed somewhere, but I don't feel any specific place inside that is squeezing. Timingwise, it is a similar pattern like the first type of feeling, except that I get these both lying down and sitting up (haven't noticed them walking). I've been sort of wondering if maybe it is the top of my uterus contracting against my diaphragm or something like that, but that's just a guess as to why I'd be feeling breathless.
What do y'all think - are any/all of these BH or signs that labor could be coming? Have others felt all three or know what they are?
So I'm almost 39 weeks (EDD 8/21), with my first, and very impatient to go into labor and have this baby. So I keep looking for signs of impending labor, and have been noticing 3 distinct types of sensations, at least some of which I'm thinking are probably BH contractions:
The first type is where it just feels like my belly (uterus) gets hard, and is basically painless. It is not very noticeable when it starts, I tend to notice more in the middle and think, hello, something is happening down there, and then it seems often to last for several minutes (the end is usually not too distinct either though). Those usually seem to happen when I get up from sitting or lying down or when I start walking.
The second type feels like menstrual cramps, and is somewhat achey but not too bad either in terms of pain. I have tended to feel these at night while lying down in bed, and especially the last time my husband and I DTD a couple nights ago ...
The third type is the weirdest. There is no pain but I get a strange breathless feeling and I seem to feel my heart race a bit, like something is getting squeezed somewhere, but I don't feel any specific place inside that is squeezing. Timingwise, it is a similar pattern like the first type of feeling, except that I get these both lying down and sitting up (haven't noticed them walking). I've been sort of wondering if maybe it is the top of my uterus contracting against my diaphragm or something like that, but that's just a guess as to why I'd be feeling breathless.
What do y'all think - are any/all of these BH or signs that labor could be coming? Have others felt all three or know what they are?
