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What Do Contractions Feel Like

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October 26th, 2007
I am 37 weeks with my 2nd child but did not experiance the true thing i was medicated from the begining. so I have been having sharp pressure pains for two days now are those contractions they are not spaced evenly apart For 1 hour Ill have them on and off then wait like 4 hours then they start up again
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Tylanas
replied October 26th, 2007
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They probably aren't real contractions especially since they aren't intensifying or becoming closer together.
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Mabel
replied October 26th, 2007
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Sounds like it could be early labor. If you are every concerned, you should contact your doctor's office or the maternity ward at the hospital where you'll deliver and explain to them exactly what you're feeling.
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blackwidow1919
replied January 18th, 2009
what do contractions feel like
Im 6 months prego and not really sure what contractions feel like or where you get them this is my first child so im confused on the whole thing?
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replied January 21st, 2009
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Re: what do contractions feel like
blackwidow1919 wrote:
Im 6 months prego and not really sure what contractions feel like or where you get them this is my first child so im confused on the whole thing?


Contractions feel just like menstrual cramps in the begining. If you feel those cramps like when you have a period that's it. These cramps will keep progressing in intensity and be close together and you will know they are it because the pain intensifies to a level BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION. You will be begging for drugs when you have them trust me.
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kristynbeatenbaugh
replied July 27th, 2010
well this is my 2 one and I dont know what it feels like 2. I think im having them in my back and my head hurts on one side of my head 2 and my neck. I dont know whats going on.
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saraht22
replied June 24th, 2011
I am 39 weeks pregnant, and i have been having cramps in my lower abdomen. i was wondering if that could be contractions or not. they r regular and the r still far apart... what should i do?
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