menstrual-like pain

chouli77

This is new. Last night I woke up to menstrual pain (definitely not a contraction). It was like full-on, day 2 of a bad period. I went back to sleep and it was gone in the morning. Then yesterday it came back for a little while in the afternoon/evening. And now I just woke up and here it is again.

Is anyone else feeling menstrual-like pain?

fairygirl86

yes i get it in my lower back mine will usually start up if i've been standing for more then 15 minutes lighten up and come back and then just go away. i've heard a lot of people say that they had back labor so thats got me concerned cause my mom didn't have contractions in her stomach hers was all back labor.. so it woulnd't shock me if thats what i end up with. not sure exactly what it is. plan on asking doc on thurday when i go in for appoitment.

courtfsu

Yup.  That's what woke me up this morning.  Then I realized it was happening every 10 minutes.  So, I have been timing contractions now for 2 hours.  Each time I think I may need to go wake up DH, they slow down.  Then when I decided to go back to bed they rev up again....Urgh. 

babyruth88

Yep i get them all the time. They are sometimes timeable for even 3 hours for me ad go away. I consider these my painfull braxton hicks. Last sunday i had full on contractions for an hour or so those hurt in a totally different way

Davesgrl2011

I've been having this too, and I am dialating and my cervix has thinned out a lot, so these "cramps" (for me) are actually doing something. 

unaveragejane

I get these cramps, too. On Saturday as I was driving to a wedding, I had them constantly in waves for about an hour. It was so like starting my period, I was a little bit freaked out. Thankfully once we finally got there and I could walk around a bit, it eased up. Like pp, I am also starting to thin and dilate. My OB thinks I will go into labor this coming week (ack!) and said the cramps were probably moving him down into position.

acbfreire

Yes, definitely!

mkflower3000

Yep, perfectly normal. I've had it for weeks now. There's still a lot of ligament stretching and pressure there (especially this late in the game), so that's what's causing a lot of the pain.