still a braxtin hicks?

[froggie83]

i have been having random bh since i was about 20 wks. lastnight and today they feel different. baby is still moving like normal. but the bh are different. they were a tightening feeling from my ribs to my cervics.... now they feel more like someone has a towel wrapped around my lower tummy (belly button to hairline) and is pulling it tight around me...
is this just another form of a bh? should i be concerned? they are still random like the bh, not painful, just feels different.
(i thought is was maybe because of babys position but shes moved around and is still head down and spinning like a top which shes been doing for several weeks...then i thought it was a need for a bm but i have had 2 of those and still.....)
my dr is on vacation, i go see her next week and will ask her about it then but till then i don't want to call (the other dr in the practice has a heavy accent and is hard to understand...) what do you ladies think?

[MamaMisty]

If you drink water and lay on your side do the stop?

[froggie83]

If you drink water and lay on your side do the stop?

its less than one an hour... they are so random that even if i did drink water and lay on my left side i wouldn't be able to tell if they stop because they are so random.

[MamaMisty]

It doesn't sound like labor... those contractions take your breathe away. :-)

[BabyLove1]

Still sounds like BHs to me. The baby probably shifted and is putting weird pressure on you. Id either call the doc or - if you really don't want to - just keep an eye on them and call if it gets worse. Not sure if this is your first, but you'll know when they're real contractions. Only side thought is that I do know someone that went in for a normal checkup at 37 weeks and was dilated to 6 without any contractions. So if you're unsure or uncomfortable with it, I'd just go ahead and call. :)

[froggie83]

i go to the dr on friday and i am going to bring it up then. my body has noe decided that it wants to alternate between the regular bh style tightening, the lower abdominal pulling feeling and cervical cramping. i get about 3 total an hour and less if i am baing lazy doing nothing... i guess i'll just have to get used to it till labor actually starts!
for now its not painful, just annoying. (i hope it means i will have a shorter labor... with ds it was 17 hours.....)