crampy/tight - bowels, bh, or??

jeffrae · June 2009

Hey girls,

I have been battleing constipation/slow digestion and uterus tightening. I honestly have a hard time figuring out if they are BH, bowels, or real contractions (my first baby here....). LO is altrenating between very active and not as active day by day....but definately movement everyday and every hour. I do not think they are consistant cramps (they are not every few minutes) but they have occurred everyday for about 3-4 days now.

What would you do? Monitor a little longer or call ob?

jessandbrandond · June 2009

Try to time them... when I was in labor with DD, I thought it was bad constipation until it kept getting worse and worse... lol

haleymay18 · June 2009

I also have the same thing happening. Only for the past 3 days but I called my midwife and all she said was to lie down/drink 3 glasses of water and if they get progressively worse to call her back, they usually go away with lying down or a good potty (sorry if tmi) but I think bowel cramps and uterus cramps are hard to differentiate.

My point being that I don't know what it is but I have been dealing with the same thing and I will eagerly await others responses

margeincharge2 · June 2009

When I am backed up, I get contractions. I had one scare where it hurt really bad and thought contractions were coming on. Then I had a BM and they went away.

Have you been backed up for 3 days? I would call ob but also try to do something to relieve the constipation.

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