Can early labour feel like bad gas?

Jinnifah · June 2012

I've been feeling really crampy since this morning. For kicks I decided to time my "painful gas" cramps for an hour and I realized they were happening every 9-10minutes. Cue a 41 week pregnant woman trying to chase a cat around the house to take to the vet and I lost track of things. I've been back home for the last hour now sitting still and reading. Now they seem to be happening regularly every 6-7mins and lasting 30s or so. But it really just feels like bad gas or constipation. No tightening in my stomach (although I don't know how I'd tell seeing as my stomach is always rock hard as LO is poking out at angles everywhere). They do kind of go upwards a bit and around my lower back.....Ugh, I'm goig to be so disappointed when I call L&D and they just tell me try to go poo again :P I'm probably jinxing myself just by writing this post.

myluckypig · June 2012

It is very possible, especially for how far along you are! My early labor felt like diarrhea cramps. Hope this is it for you!!

Delta24 · June 2012

My mom thought she had to go #2...meanwhile she was actually in labor with me! I would call!

Rhenna · June 2012

Delta24:
My mom thought she had to go #2...meanwhile she was actually in labor with me! I would call!

Yep. With DS I remember waking up in the middle of the night and I ran to the bathroom probably 4 or 5 times before DH woke up and asked what was wrong, then I put two and two together.