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Re: 36 weeks- contractions or cramps or what?

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 16 May 2003 11:56:50 -0500 (CDT)

At Fri, 16 May 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Hi, I'm 36 weeks and I've been having a really heavy, pressure-like
>achiness in my lower abdomen/pelvis. It feels something like menstrual
>cramps and it hurts. BUT, it does not seem to me like contractions (the
>pain does not come and go in waves and my uterus does not seem to
>tighten - it is nothing like the Braxton Hicks contractions I've had,
>which I still have from time to time). Could this be early labor or is
>it just late-pregnancy "heavy soreness"??
>
>Thanks,
>KM

Hi KM,

I've been having the same types of pains you describe, on and off since the day I thought the baby was dropping. I actually think it might be the baby pushing more on my bowels during a Bh contraction as she gets bigger. My Ob also said "everybody seems to get sore in that area at this stage". With my last daughter, I went into labour spontaneously almost 2 weeks overdue (by u/s, and 6 days late by LMP), and there was no second guessing even my very first real contraction. I instantly knew that's what it was, and she was born 8 hrs later. With this pg, I've had so many different types of pains and stuff going on, that I understand now how women can end up going to the hospital with "false" labour. You'll know when the real thing hits- there's just no mistaking it. Hope it all starts to happen soon for you. I myself am now resigned to in all likelihood even going past my May 30 due date...this little monkey seems to like it in there, just like her sister did:)Darcie



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