Braxton Hicks or just babies' moving?

It feels the same to me. I can't tell a difference. Should I just count them all when I am timing my contractions? If so, I've had a few over the past few hours, not too bad though. Very irregular, but water and laying down doesn't alleviate them. It actually seemed to get a bit worse after laying down. The pattern was like 16 minutes, then 21 minutes later, then 40 minutes, then 8 minutes, then 20 minutes, and the last one was almost an hour ago. Nothing concerning right?

ETA- I know the difference between their regular movements like the pokes and kicks and stuff. I'm talking about sometimes they shift around and it makes my stomach tighten up.

 

It feels the same to me. I can't tell a difference. Should I just count them all when I am timing my contractions? If so, I've had a few over the past few hours, not too bad though. Very irregular, but water and laying down doesn't alleviate them. It actually seemed to get a bit worse after laying down. The pattern was like 16 minutes, then 21 minutes later, then 40 minutes, then 8 minutes, then 20 minutes, and the last one was almost an hour ago. Nothing concerning right?

ETA- I know the difference between their regular movements like the pokes and kicks and stuff. I'm talking about sometimes they shift around and it makes my stomach tighten up.

 

I just got back from L&D getting this exact thing checked out! It seems like the babies are pushing around and making your tummy all tight? ALmost like they're pushing themselves up in little balls?? I got in trouble this past week for not knowing these were contractions- so I was told to call if I got this "tightening" more than 4 times per hour. Well tonight I had 7/hr so I called- got on the monitors and they were contractions, but since they weren't doing anything to my cervix, all was well. The dr said since I've been getting these for awhile, I don't need to come back unless they start becoming more "regular" - (and like yours, mine tend to be fairly sporadic in timing) or if I have any other PTL signs accompanying them. Granted, a call never hurts- but that was our situation tonight! Good luck!

 

I read recently that it's BH only if it's happening high on your uterus...that said, my doc said that if i have more than 4/hour for TWO hours (eight w/in a two hour period) to call them, and she'd probably want me to go to L&D to get checked out. HTH

 

I had braxton hicks contractions all through the pg. Towards the end, i started to get them stronger...and you'll know when they're strnger...and they happen more often...like your dr. said more than 4 an hour. Mine were every 6 minutes apart and kinda strong when i went in for my NST but they sent me home and told me to monitor them. The next morning i called and asked then how strong they wanted them. At this time, i was breaking in coversation to have a contraction. They told me to come in and 3 hours later,i was holding my babies. you'll know when they get stronger and when they're closer together is when to call in. Good Luck