BH contractions...

Wow-ee, mine occasionally are starting to really hurt! The only way they
don't worry me is that they will go away when I change positions....today I
couldn't lie down on my left side, my stomach was hurting so bad. I feel the
tightness and the relaxing, and even during the relaxing my stomach feels so
crampy! I wonder if lying down TOO much can make them hurt my stomach worse?
They seem to get better if I have them while walking if I do lie down and if
I am lying and start feeling them they seem to feel better if I get up and
sit in the recliner. And I am only 34 weeks this week!! I don't really
expect to go before my due date so I have weeks more of this!!

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:51:17 GMT, "Jill" wrote:

I wonder if lying down TOO much can make them hurt my stomach worse?
I thought this too but I have tried both. Yesterday, I was out &
about keeping myself & my mind occipied otherwise by doing alot of
errands etc and while I was out, aside from bladder pressure, I felt
fine. However, last night I felt more exhausted than I had during the
entire pregnancy. It was nice to have a break from it during the day
but I almost fell alseep in the shower I was so tired.

They seem to get better if I have them while walking if I do lie down and if
I am lying and start feeling them they seem to feel better if I get up and
sit in the recliner.
I can't sit in *any reclined* position without feeling horrible
pressure on my bladder. I have to sit so straight up sometimes I feel
like a dork -- especially in the car.

And I am only 34 weeks this week!! I don't really
expect to go before my due date so I have weeks more of this!!
I'm actually in pretty much the same boat (mid 35th week) with my
first so I obviously don't have anything to compare it to but
according to the childbirth classes, these type of contractions (bh)
along with their -strength & frequency seem to be 'normal' to me.

I didn't know what to expect from the classes but they were really
great -- they made me feel like what all was going on was normal as
well as prepared me for what was not.

Have you been to yours yet? If not, I think you'll feel better
afterwards.


Carla
#1 EDD 5/14/04

Jill wrote:

crampy! I wonder if lying down TOO much can make them hurt my stomach worse?

I've found that when my stomach is tight from a contraction, I am more
apt to pull muscles in certain positions. If I try lifting a leg the
wrong way while my tummy is tight I will feel muscles pulling in my
crotch. Same if I'm lying down on my side and my belly is unsupported,
muscles will feel like they are stretching painfully.

I have to sit so straight up sometimes I
feel like a dork -- especially in the car.

LMAO.....me too.....lol....