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? 4 2nd+ timers w/ bad periods- LC & contractions

elfgirl11elfgirl11
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so....I get BAD period cramps when AF is around....like lightning crotch, stop dead in your tracks, can't talk/breathe kind of cramps. always have. This is my 1st pregnancy and the lightning crotch I've had thus far (baby sits very low) is not as bad as LC during my periods.

Anyone in the same boat?

anyone find any correlation/relationship between strength/intensity of AF cramp/LC/contractions???

(I know it is different for everyone, just looking for a trend.....)

TIA!!! 

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Re: ? 4 2nd+ timers w/ bad periods- LC & contractions

  • kg_08kg_08 member

    When labor started, the cramps did feel like period cramps, maybe just a teeny bit less. It did eventually get worse. Smile

    I wouldn't say that my periods would make me curl up in pain, but I did have to take ibuprophen every time.

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  • csalagicsalagi
    My mom said she always had really bad cramps when AF would come and when she went into labor the first time she was like, "Psh!  That's all?!  I do this once a month with AF."  Lol! Stick out tongue
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  • reese183reese183
    I usually get horrible cramps with AF, but when I went into labor with DD, I could barely feel the contractions. They felt like my abdomen was squeezing a little, and then it would go away. Cramps with AF have me laying in fetal position barely able to move. Now, with DD, I ended up being put on pitocin, and contractions with that stuff were terrible. I'll find out how contractions really feel in a few weeks!!
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  • Soap1Soap1 member

    I actually did a poll like this on one of the baby boards a while back, because my labor was so incredibly painful (kind of like hell had opened up around me) that I can't imagine ANYONE ever feeling menstrual cramps like that.  The general consensus was that labor was much, much worse than menstrual cramps - even bad ones!

    I think early labor could be similar.  During early labor (until I was maybe 4cm dilated?) I was all like "wow this hurts but I can totally handle this".  Then things changed...

     

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  • TiffanyTheMomTiffanyTheMom member
    I have pretty bad period cramps. Not that knock me out or anything, I had a friend in HS who actually had to take the first two days of AF off school every month! Mine felt like my ute was going to drop out of my body. Labor pains were pretty intense for me.
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  • kensbride08kensbride08

    I dont think theres a huge correlation except that you may have more of an idea of the type of pain if you have bad cramps.

    I had light periods my whole life so I was shocked by the type of pain that labor is. Excruciating (sorry dont want to lie to you). Its terrible.

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  • pkate98pkate98
    I have pretty painful period cramps.  I didn't think contractions hurt until after my water was broken.
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  • JimsBride08JimsBride08
    I don't get bad lightning crotch, but my cramps were always unbearable.  I didn't find labor to be that bad until around 7cm-the unrelenting period cramps were worse. 
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  • elfgirl11elfgirl11

    thanks ladies!

    My mom had rough periods and she delivered my bro and I un-medicated...with my bro she thought she had a backache and did most of the work just leaning on the bathroom counter!!! she was in transition by the time she got to the hospital and he arrived only 45 min later. 

    anyone else?!?!

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