A 44-year-old member asked:
What do contractions feel like?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
32 years experience
Bad menstrual cramps: Labor can take 24 to 36 hours. Early on labor pains feel very much like bad menstrual cramps. It can take 12 to 18 hours to get into active labor. The contractions of active labor are intense and come every 3 to 5 minutes. You usually cannot talk or walk during an active labor contraction.
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Dr. Daniel Leeanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 22 years experience
Muscle cramps: Contractions feel like muscle cramps that we often get in our calf region but instead it is in a woman's abdominal region. If you are concerned you may be having contractions then you need to call your OB physician.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
What do Braxton Hicks contractions feel like?
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Dr. Laurence Fakinosanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 35 years experience
Cramping: Pregnant women experience braxton-hicks in many different ways. Most commonly they feel like menstrual cramps, tightening or hardening of the abdomen, pelvic pressure, and low back ache.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
How contractions feels like at 36 week?
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Dr. Stephen Pappachenanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 24 years experience
Cramping: Intense, intense cramping--like the worst period of your life. This is unlike anything you have experienced before, especially if you're a first time mom. I tell my patients that, generally speaking, if you can talk/speak through a contraction; it's probably not a real labor--as opposed to the false, Braxton-Hicks--contraction.
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