I'm not sure! Help pls! Went to see my doc Monday I was at a 2 and 80% effaced. Baby was pretty low…
I'm not sure! Help pls!
Went to see my doc Monday I was at a 2 and 80% effaced. Baby was pretty low he said and said I will more than likely go into labor before Saturday (Sunday is my due date) I've always had pains and uncomfortable bh with this pregnancy. I'm a second time mom and I can honestly tell u I had no pains or aches with my first.. Since yesterday I've had loose bowels.. Been feeling really nauseated today is worse than yesterday. I'm having pains in my sides like a really dull ache been crampy that comes and goes and my tummy is getting hard constantly. I know we are all tired of "am I in labor" but I swear I have a high tolerance for pain and just don't want to think it's nothing when it could be labor. Water hasn't been helping and taking a bath hasn't helped either. My taste buds are all out of whack and I just don't feel normal and like myself.. So the pain in the lower back is closer by your butt or just in the lower back..? As I typed that I got a strong cramp in my back (ouch)!!!! Any advice would be helpful at this point! :-)
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I'm worried about the same thing. I have such a high tolerance for pain, I'm afraid I'm mistaking period like cramps and lower back aches for contractions!!
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Same here! Been feeling the same way you are, with a high tolerance for pain. My first was a breeze and had been induced so all this is new to me. My due date was yesterday and I took a chance and went to L&D bc of how I was feeling. I'm 2cm, 75% effaced, and they said baby boy cannot get any lower. They wanted to induce me but had no rooms available so we just came home. Anyway..my advice is to go in and get checked. You could be having strong contractions and not know it. I know I feel better having answers.
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If my back pains continue to get worse I'm going to go ahead and go in.. I would rather go and waste a little bit of time if it's nothing than sit at home and wonder ya know?! :-/ no fun! Lol
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Go in your probably more dialate.
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Are the pains timeable? Do they come and go in regular intervals? Does your stomach/uterus tighten with each pain?
I'd start keeping track (download a contraction timer...they really help!) to see if a pattern arises.
Worse case scenario, call your doc/nurses line/l&d.
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My doc told me not to time them.. Just write down a time of when one started.. And say like "5:03-6:03" and put an "x" for each one I feel. Basically cuz he knows my tolerance for pain he was my doc for my first born too. The lower back pain is something I never felt before with this pregnancies back pain. It feels different. It's confusing! And they do get worse if I'm trying to walk or just change positions. My stomach does get hard but not as hard as I think it should.. I also get pretty crampy with it too.
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Sounds to me like contractions... Maybe back labor? With my first it started out like small cramps and eventually my lower back was killing me. Doesn't hurt to go in... I was sent home three times, three separate days with my first I was having contractions but my body would not dilate for nothing. Turns out I was in labor the whole time.
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Any update??
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The pain isn't getting any worse yet.. But it won't go away so if I'm still in pain in the next hr I'm going to go ahead and go in.. Pain gets worse if I try to walk and I literally feel like my butt is splitting in two lol