Q about BH vs irritable ute

[IFinTN]

I am 25 weeks and my uterus has been "irritable" since about 18 weeks. I take indocin when I have bowel issues because it causes painful contractions. So far my cervix has not been affected so we are calling them BH.

Ok, so what about when I stand up and my whole lower abdomen feels tight? Anyone else get this? It does not feel like BH I get when sitting or lying down.

Is this just part of having an irritable ute?

[gsancho]

I've been getting the super tight lower ute. I know my ute is bigger than the lower part where I feel the almost painful tightness...so I don't know what it is. But I get a similar feeling to what you're describing.

[IFinTN]

gsancho it's good to know I'm not the only one. When did it start for you?

[sunnyb]

I get tightness like this too. It started at about 19 weeks. It sort of feels tight and sore. It's like that for a few hours typically.

[ProfessorChaos]

Yeah, I get this too, and we had a whole convo on PgAL about it. So clearly it's normal(ish?), but my MW acted like she'd never heard of it. Nothing else ever happened with mine, so I'm assuming it's NBD.

[gsancho]

IFinTN, I think it started about 2 weeks ago for me? I would feel pressure before but now it's more tightness. It doesn't always last long and it's more discomfort than serious pain, so I haven't worried about it too much. Mostly, I use it as an excuse to sit back down, drink water, and make DH do everything for me.

[IFinTN]

So I guess the answer is not quite BH but not quite IU either....pregnancy is weird.