This is my second baby and im already feeling those tightening sensations and im only around 20 weeks. With my first i dont remember it this early. Do they really come sooner the second time?
Honestly in my second pregnancy I noticed them earlier and recognised them faster, around the start of third trimester. The body kind of remembers and reacts sooner. They are usually painless and irregular, but if they get regular and strong, get checked.
I felt them a bit earlier the second time too, and knew exactly what they were. They're just practice tightenings, come and go. Rest, change position and they usually ease off.
This is my first so I'm just curious, are they different from real contractions? You experienced moms make it sound so familiar. How do you tell them apart na?
