Labor or Constipation? Call dr?

cinnabonjovi

So I'm trying to figure out whether to go ahead and give my Dr. a call. I saw her on Tuesday and told her that I had been feeling 'off' and hadn't been sleeping well. She didn't seem too concerned and said that she would see me next week for my 36 week ultrasound. Well, yesterday I could barely drag myself out of bed until about 11 am. I was feeling kinda crampy and just plain irritable, and then I had several loose BMs and figured that it was the problem. I felt better for a few hours and then my boyfriend came home from work and we ate and I started to feel 'off' again. I kept having to pause the show that we were watching to go pee about every 10-15 minutes and I felt a lot of pressure "down there". I chalked it up to late pregnancy and we went to bed around 9:30. As soon as we laid down, I started getting these intense cramps in my back and lower belly all the way to my inner thighs and I really started hurting in my lady bits like I was being punched. I hardly slept at all last night and was up every 1-2 hours trying to have a BM but nothing ever came out. My boyfriend left for work about 6:30 this morning and I could barely get up to make his lunch and see him off. I went straight for a long soak in the tub and kept having chills and shivering in the hottest water that would come out of the tap, in addition to the huge constant cramping/pressure feeling. I then went to lay back down and cried because I was hurting so much, and decided after about an hour of laying down to take another soak. This time I could barely get out of the tub because I was hurting so badly. I dried off and got dressed and am now wrapped up in a blanket sitting on the couch, hoping and praying for some relief... but I can't figure out whether to call my doctor or just hope it passes

Advice?

Curls919

If you're in that much pain it's worth a call to the doc. It may just be the baby's position (it could be on a nerve or something). 

Mfuller76

I think it never hurts to call the doctor. If nothing else, it might give you some peace of mind. 

ballofmeat

Why do we get these random individual threads and no one calls their doctor?! I don't get it. It's free to call and safer than asking internet strangers about possibly serious symptoms. 

bearsandbeets7

midwestbaby said:

Why do we get these random individual threads and no one calls their doctor?! I don't get it. It's free to call and safer than asking internet strangers about possibly serious symptoms. 

Truth. By the time anyone responds that yes you should in fact call your doctor if your having debilitating pain, it could be a much worse situation had they just called their freaking doctor in the first place. 

emmeline714

!!!! We are not doctors so can't tell you what you have and I would have called the doctor the moment it got worse smh 

ballofmeat

@Lynnlove28 #truth I wanted to post a "dear diary" meme, but my phone is being wonky this morning. 

nanner26

Advice? Don't wait for Internet strangers to diagnose you and call your doctor. 

SkiChic626

midwestbaby said:

Why do we get these random individual threads and no one calls their doctor?! I don't get it. It's free to call and safer than asking internet strangers about possibly serious symptoms. 

For real, yo!!!  You're 36w pregnant with pain....um, call the doctor.  C'mon now......

texasmama2014

AliKay20

Our Fran is very busy today. Ask your doc when in doubt! No one's experience is the same. Oh wtf. Why even go there. I'll save my breath. Already said too much. Byeee

the_other_mother

I can answer half of this question. Your "loose BMs" don't sound like constipation to me.

cinnabonjovi

I didn't come here and ask for people to be smartasses. I simply didn't want to waste my doctor's time if it was nothing, especially because it would involve me driving over an hour in a sometimes unreliable vehicle. 

BUT in case anyone was wondering, I did call the doctor after the first response and when Dr FINALLY got back to me, she said it was probably just a case of big baby small woman.

ballofmeat

cinnabonjovi said:

I didn't come here and ask for people to be smartasses. I simply didn't want to waste my doctor's time if it was nothing, especially because it would involve me driving over an hour in a sometimes unreliable vehicle. 

BUT in case anyone was wondering, I did call the doctor after the first response and when Dr FINALLY got back to me, she said it was probably just a case of big baby small woman.

By all means then, please waste our time rather than the medical care you pay for. 

@Lydiadiane you are still my favorite. 

texasmama2014

@cinnabonjovi  There are suitable threads to put something like this in.

texasmama2014

cinnabonjovi said:

So I'm trying to figure out whether to go ahead and give my Dr. a call. I saw her on Tuesday and told her that I had been feeling 'off' and hadn't been sleeping well. She didn't seem too concerned and said that she would see me next week for my 36 week ultrasound. Well, yesterday I could barely drag myself out of bed until about 11 am. I was feeling kinda crampy and just plain irritable, and then I had several loose BMs and figured that it was the problem. I felt better for a few hours and then my boyfriend came home from work and we ate and I started to feel 'off' again. I kept having to pause the show that we were watching to go pee about every 10-15 minutes and I felt a lot of pressure "down there". I chalked it up to late pregnancy and we went to bed around 9:30. As soon as we laid down, I started getting these intense cramps in my back and lower belly all the way to my inner thighs and I really started hurting in my lady bits like I was being punched. I hardly slept at all last night and was up every 1-2 hours trying to have a BM but nothing ever came out. My boyfriend left for work about 6:30 this morning and I could barely get up to make his lunch and see him off. I went straight for a long soak in the tub and kept having chills and shivering in the hottest water that would come out of the tap, in addition to the huge constant cramping/pressure feeling. I then went to lay back down and cried because I was hurting so much, and decided after about an hour of laying down to take another soak. This time I could barely get out of the tub because I was hurting so badly. I dried off and got dressed and am now wrapped up in a blanket sitting on the couch, hoping and praying for some relief... but I can't figure out whether to call my doctor or just hope it passes

Advice?

QFP.

bearsandbeets7

cinnabonjovi said:

I didn't come here and ask for people to be smartasses. I simply didn't want to waste my doctor's time if it was nothing, especially because it would involve me driving over an hour in a sometimes unreliable vehicle. 

BUT in case anyone was wondering, I did call the doctor after the first response and when Dr FINALLY got back to me, she said it was probably just a case of big baby small woman.

The responses you got were pretty tame. I'm not gonna put the health and safety of my baby in the hands of the opinions of Internet strangers. 

For future reference, if you think you should call your doctor. Call. If your not sure if you should call, call. Better safe than sorry. It's their job to answer your questions. It's what you pay for. 

Also if your doctor had reccomended you come in to be checked, I don't consider that a waste of time. 

AliKay20

cinnabonjovi said:

I didn't come here and ask for people to be smartasses. I simply didn't want to waste my doctor's time if it was nothing, especially because it would involve me driving over an hour in a sometimes unreliable vehicle. 

This. What would have happened if we all said it was nothing but it was actually something serious? Why would you risk your health and possibly your baby's health by not reaching out to your doc and instead, posting all your symptoms on here in hopes someone (most likely non-MD) can diagnose you -- just so you don't waste your doc's time? 

Even if you feel like a bother, you should never refrain from asking questions to your doc -- that's their area of expertise. I say all this in a not so smartass-y way in
hopes you use better judgment next time.

bananers

AliKay20 said:

cinnabonjovi said:

I didn't come here and ask for people to be smartasses. I simply didn't want to waste my doctor's time if it was nothing, especially because it would involve me driving over an hour in a sometimes unreliable vehicle. 

This. What would have happened if we all said it was nothing but it was actually something serious? Why would you risk your health and possibly your baby's health by not reaching out to your doc and instead, posting all your symptoms on here in hopes someone (most likely non-MD) can diagnose you -- just so you don't waste your doc's time? 

Even if you feel like a bother, you should never refrain from asking questions to your doc -- that's their area of expertise. I say all this in a not so smartass-y way in
hopes you use better judgment next time.

When I went into L&D 10 weeks ago I thought there's probably a 50% chance I'm being a hypochondriac and they're turning me away. 5 hours later I had a baby. I can't even count the number of doctors and nurses who told me that day, and almost every day since, "I'm so glad you decided to get checked out."