This hardness that you feel is the result of Braxton-Hicks contractions. They are a normal part of pregnancy and no cause for alarm. Sometimes they are painless, sometimes they can be just a tad uncomfortable, or sometimes even mistaken for real labor if you haven't experienced them before.

The vaginal pain is also normal. It's just the baby positioning itself and getting ready to come out, and your own body moving around and softening up to let it through. It can be very painful and make you stop short, but it isn't hurting you or the baby, and is a good sign that your body is doing what it is supposed to do.

Thanks much.

I was figuring that about Braxton-Hicks but I wasn't sure..

I hope it's a sign that baby will be coming soon?.. It does make me stop lol. I was walking and trying to keep up with my bf while getting one of those pains..it sucked.

I don't want to ask my mom this stuff because I'm afraid she'll make me go to the hospital when i know it's nothing serious..lol she's so worried about me lol

OK, so these pains. Do they start in the front, or in the back? If they start in the front, they are BH. If they start in the back, they are probably warm up "fer real" contractions. Non-productive signs of early labor (which can continue on for some time). BH shouldn't make you stop for breath (although they can).

The vaginal pain is the baby descending. There is normal cervical pain from the baby pushing and turning, then there is the actual pain of the baby descending (in my experience, two very different things). When was the last time you were at the OB? You should be about due for a cervical examination.

Unfortunately, it sounds like your body is raring to go. I say unfortunately because you could sit like this until 42 weeks when they'll just induce you. Or you could start labor tomorrow. I always hated just waiting. Every twinge, I would think "Is this it?! It has to be!!"

Well, the pains mostly start in the fron every once in a while i'll get one that starts in the back... It is rare when i have to stop but sometimes it just hurst so much.

The last time I was at the OB was the 18th.. I go back the 3rd

Are you serious? It could still be weeks? Well my doctor said if I go even a day over my due date that I can ask to be induced (I'm hoping to go a bit before though)... lol yeah, I do that a lot because I'm so close and I just wanna hold him..

I dropped over this past weekend (at least i just noticed) and i hoping that was a sign of him coming soon.. i don't wanna be like this for still another few weeks

Sorry, hun.

With my first, I dropped at 34 weeks. I lost my "plug" at 37. I had on again off again contractions for 5 more weeks, until I was induced at 42 weeks.

But, your baby might just decide now's the time. It's a waiting game, and we're at the mercy of the munchkins at your stage. They won't come until they're ready.

I hadn't thought of this aspect of teenage pregnancy before, the part about being "made" to do anything. Being pregnant was difficult enough, but if I wasn't in complete control over my own destiny, I would have flipped out. For example, just knowing that someone would force me to go to the hospital against my will would add way too much stress to the situation for me.

It is much more calming knowing that I know when I need to go to the hospital and I will go at the appropriate time. That's just one decision of about a million that I can think of where stress would be introduced into the scenario if there were someone over my shoulder 24/7 telling me what to do, from feeding the baby, when to change a diaper, to picking out appropriate clothing, etc., etc.

You had a cruel and sadistic doctor to make you wait 2 extra weeks.

Ahh the fun of braxton hicks! Welcome to the last weeks of pregnancy! I had them everyday from around 28weeks

wow.. that sucks... I really hope he come soon i hate being in any sort of pain (i know that's bad for when I do have him lol)

My friends went into labor on the 16th and they wern't going to do anything for her until Jan. 7th just because they wanted her to go on her own (she finally had River on the 26th).. I would kill my doctor for doing that to me.

Every day from 28 week? wow that had to suck...

It's not bad, it's honest, and it's reality. Everyone hates pain, just some people try to deny it.

yeah.. and I should be used to pain growing up with my older brothers lol but this pain is different and just plain sucks..

Every pregnancy is different, so it could happen soon, or like others said, it could still take weeks. Either way it will be soon ^^. The waiting sucks I know, i'm 13 weeks along and I feel like i've been pregnant for 13 years lol. Good luck =)

You should really tell your mom.

Thanks...





I should tell her but I feel it's nothing to worry about... Right now i'm not even at home so maybe when I get home after the weekend...

The parts I put in bold are what made me think you should tell your mother, because they made ME worry about you:



I am not sure any of that is "normal". You should tell your mother because:
1) You are suffering and maybe there is something that can be done to relieve the pain.
2) Pain is (not always but mostly) an indication that something is wrong.
3) Teens give birth prematurely more often than women over 20, and you may be in real labor or something else is going on that needs attention.

Is the baby moving everyday?

Well, I'm going home tomorrow afternoon so i'll talk to her then...

I hope there is something for the pain
I also hope nothing is wrong.. I will deff. talk to mom tomorrow
I knew about teens giving birth prematur more often that women over 20..

Yes, he moves every day..like now lol

I agree with you that there's nothing to worry about. You could phone your OB and tell them about it. Time the pains, too, to rule out labor.

From experience...call your OB before your tell your mom, lol. My mom would totally freak out when I was pregnant, about the slightest things. If I had a back ache she insisted I was going into labor. =)

lol.. I would call my OB but I don't have his number ('cuz i'm normally always with my mom) plus he's in florida until the 2nd.

It would suck to go into labor 'cuz i'm 30-40 mins away from home and the hospital where he's gonna be born (i'm at my grandmother and papa's house)

yep sounds normal hun
BH suck
and the stabbing pains is the baby sitting on a nerve its not fun lol