I woke up at 3am with quite sharp pains that seemed to go from my right
side, from my lower abdomen around to my back. Sharp pain on and off and my
belly was quite hard when it was hurting.
Rang the midwife and she said to take some pain-killers and wait an hour. The sharp pains carried on till around 6am. At which point I thought I'd have to go into see them and decided I needed a shower first 'just incase'.
As luck would have it they faded by the time I got out of the shower enough for me to go to sleep so I did (was shattered!)
Woke again this morning with what feels like bad period cramps and they have pretty much been on and off all day.
No show or anything but v. uncomfortable. Just wondered if its braxton hicks is it usual for it to go on this long?
P.s also been diagnosed with Uterus didelphys (double uterus) so I am a bit anxious about early labour.
Was just wondering if anyone else had something similar to this?
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Help! 27 weeks pregnant, has anyone else had these pains?
LookingForwardToMarch · 19/12/2012 14:20
have you tried calling your midwife again? Maybe she's got something else up her sleeve... or maybe she could call triage and have a word with them!
Also, if it's been more than 12 hours since you last called triage, the shift will have changed and the new people would be HIGHLY unlikely to have heard of you.
this also says you should be worried if your contractions/pains are 10 minutes or less apart, or if you have 5 or more of them per hour. I remember reading somewhere how long they should last to seek medical help but can't find it just now 
oh 
one source says to panic if they are longer than 30 seconds, another that BH can last up to 2 minutes! 
I think you should get checked out anyhow. If not by triage then at least by your midwife or GP. At least for your own peace of mind!
I don't know if they do this over here, but in my home country they'd usually give you mild spasm relief medication if you're really suffering from your BH. Such over-the-counter medication wouldn't usually do a lot if you're in proper labour, but what I think they do if they have to hospitalise you is give you spasm relief, too, but a much stronger kind. There's even a medicine, can't remember the name, that can stop contractions altogether. It's used to prevent premature labour. But again I've no idea if it's used over here, the NHS don't tend to use many of the same medicines that other EU countries use. They tend to either have their own alternative under a different name, or nothing at all.
Best of luck to you! Hope you get a good night's sleep.. for the next 11 weeks or so! 
Thankyou TT I think I'll hold out tonight and call again if it's still here tomorrow.
I'm not sure what they can do if it's BH, it's my first. Spasm relief sounds great though!
In regards to the good nights sleep...think I'll try the bath idea in a minute!
Hey TT sorry was going to post an update sooner
whoop whoop its was BH!!
Felt much better being checked out now though was a little 
at being the first time paranoid mum
oh don't worry we all do the first time paranoid thing! In fact many of us will go on to be 2nd, 3rd and quadrillionth time paranoid 
I went to have a CTG when I thought the baby hadn't been moving as much as usual he turned out to be perfectly ok of course. The midwife did say to me though, they prefer mums who panic and get themselves checked out to those who leave it too late!
How are you feeling, anyway? Are they still keeping you awake?
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