Braxton Hicks?

the official articles all says BH isn't painful, but if you do a google search on it you'll find heaps of mama-to-bes that disagree!!

sounds like what I was getting at about your stage. I had them every morning, but they've backed off quite a bit now.

Definitely check with your MW next time you see her. I have been having the type of pain/cramping you've described, but am also having very different BH, which are not painful at all. My MW suggested that the pain might be due to a UTI - so it's worth getting checked out, or alternatively (which I think it is in my case) irritable uterus.

I would let her know anyway...

susie, i was going to post today about a similar thing. wondering if 19wks is too early? i know i got painful ones with Vincent and they were reasonably early, just can't remember how early. Are they kind of like food poisoning/ yucky tummy pains? coz that's what i keep getting.... Anyway, those that say bh aren't painful, unless it was only due to my irratable uterus, then i beg to disagree! i had bloomin painful ones with Vincent.

BH do hurt - but if you change position sometimes they disappear. Just mention them to your mw at your next appointment. I felt mine really early on in my pregnancies and they were just normal.

I was told 20weeks onwards you can start having BH, 19weeks is probably close enough chonny, I'd mention it to your mw just to be sure, it could be irritable uterus, I found that made mine start earlier and hurt a bit more than the BH I had in my first pgy.