Was in a lot of pain last night

Angelfish82 · March 2012

I went to L&D last night with what felt like very bad menstrual cramps that came about every other minute and lasted a minute. I had been feeling crampy and exhausted and a little nauseous all day, but when it got to be about 10:00pm the pain got to be intolerable. That's when we started timing things and I called my doctor and was told to go to the hospital.

Turns out I wasn't contracting at all. The hospital staff didn't seem puzzled, but they couldn't give me any sort of explanation about the pain I was in. One of the nurses just kept saying, "It's because you have a baby inside of you." Everything looked good, so I left feeling so puzzled. What was up with me??? It wasn't until about 7:00 this morning that I felt better at all. I had been drinking lots of water the whole day to make sure the pain wasn't due to dehydration, too.

I was thinking maybe it was just BH contractions, but I've been having those throughout the third trimester and they never felt anything like this. Also, I had a doctor tell me that BH contractions could be picked up by the monitor.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

stuzyq14 · March 2012

at 35 and a half weeks with the twins Baby B flipped - I was literally up all night in waves of pain (I thought they might be contractions but they felt nothing like the BH's I'd been feeling -and I didn't want to wake DH, so I suffered through them downstairs by myself all night). By morning the pain started to subside, but I didn't know what had happened until 3 days later when I had an US and found out baby B flipped - how he managed it I have no clue!

hewinked · March 2012

I had cramps all the time with DS for the entire pregnancy. When they picked up, I went and got checked out, which was 3 times during the pregnancy. Once I had an infection, once I was dehydrated, and once it was nothing at all. It was so annoying cuz it made me very paranoid. I expected the same this pregnancy, but I haven't had cramps since the beginning. As much I don't like the answer that it just happens, it seems that was all it was with DS. Good luck, I hope it stays away for you!

kt&charles · March 2012

last night i was in pain too! Since its my second kid, i just figured i'd tough it out, but i probably should have seen the dr. Had and internal on tuesday but been cramping and BH frequently, it was achy back pain, shooting pains down my legs and nausea still feeling icky, but not as bad. I think its all part of your body prepping. let me know if you get answers! ug, hope the misery subsides!

Angelfish82 · March 2012

Thanks so much, ladies. It really helps to know others have gone through the same thing. I still have no idea what happened there, but at least I know it's not completely abnormal. And that means a lot.

jessinfinity · March 2012

Same thing here! I periodically get nights full of intense waves of pain that keep me up and make me want to scream and cry ( I'm big baby, lol) The last few times, I could SWEAR I was in labor, but I made myself wait it out a bit, and it eventually just petered out. It's been very strange to me, this being my third, and I have NEVER experienced anything like it before! I do think it is good that you got checked out, though. Sometimes cramping like that can signal something that's not quite right... but it seems to me that most of the time, it's just normal 'discomfort' ( read: horrendous pain!)

Sorry you have to go through that, but you are not alone!

Angelfish82 · March 2012

Thanks, jess! At the hospital I kept thinking something must be wrong and that they just weren't looking closely enough, but not I feel confident that everything is okay, especially since I am feeling better.

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