I've been getting loads of these painless contractions - before I knew what they were in my naive state, I just assumed it was the baby moving around in the earlier weeks. But a doctor at work one day asked me if I'd been getting Braxton Hicks and I just looked at her blankly. She explained what they were and it turns out I'd been getting them since week 21! They were quite sporadic then, but now I'm getting them every day, fairly often. It's a funny feeling and it sort of merges with baby moving around too. Apparently, it happens more when you have a full bladder or haven't been drinking enough water.
Thankfully, it's only my uterus preparing for labour - no real signs yet! It does this by encouraging the flow of blood to the placenta and toning the muscles of the uterus. The body still amazes me!
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