Braxton hicks and pushing

Okay so I feel a bit lame asking these questions when it's second time round...but I never had any noticaeble braxton hicks with Ollie.

In the week or so I've been having what I assume are braxton hicks but they are much more painful than I expected and I feel an urge to push. Not the kind of pushing that I felt when actually pushing Ollie out - but identical to the first two hours of my labour with him - it kept me running to the toilet and is this time too.

These contractions are not regular at all - mostly have been every few hours but every so often they seem to settle into a 30-45 min pattern. They are not unbearable pain wise - but they make me catch my breath and need to stop what I'm doing.

So, I'm wondering what other people have experienced with their Braxton Hicks. I'm not overly concerned - except for the fact that I want to push and I haven't spoken to anyone else whose felt like that.

I had tons of false labour both times and it was incredibly painful and often would settle into a pattern but then just disappear. Mine often happened in the evening and would last into the early hours of the morning.
Mostly the pain would feel like my bump tightening but sometimes it was also accompanied with period like pain and back ache. I actually thought my real labour was just another false one until my waters broke.

Never had the urge to push though, but being constipated or having upset guts can cause false labour and false labour can course a tummy upset so it could maybe be your guts giving you that feeling. Or it might just be because the baby is lying in an awkward position.

To be on the safe side though I would talk to your midwife, normally they can ask a few specific questions and know right away what is going on and they also might just want to check your cervix to be sure (my mw never did and I had absolutely heaps of false labour)

Have you had a chat to your MW about it? Not that it's probably anything to worry about but just to be on the safe side.

I had irritable uterus with the gremlins, contractions every 10 min or so for weeks and they bloody hurt, but never the urge to push..