Hello all! Had a lovely Christmas! Ate waaay too much and forgot that my stomach is now squashed to the size of a walnut! Not a good idea!
Jobi you poor thing! You must be so uncomfortable and it just doesn't seem fair when we've still got labour to come, that we spend the last few weeks in discomfort! Especially if we're not getting enough sleep either! I feel shattered already!
My Co-Codamol was a god send! My ribs had been agony (still are!) so it got me through the day yesterday. Even though they don't take the pain away completely.
Ok, I really need some advice here...Thing is after everyone had gone yesterday and I got into my comfy trackies I suddenly had very intense cramp all down the right side of my torso and across the bottom of my bump. I've been having BH since 22 weeks and they have always been intense. Bordering on painful but more like a bad stitch! They always lasted a lot longer than I had been told BH would last. Usually 15-20 mins, but last night it was really intense! I had very painful cramp and a very tight, hard bump which lasted about 2-3 hrs and didn't seem to let up at all? I think it went once I got to sleep but had it most of today too. In varying degrees.
I wouldn't mind as much if I was sure that it was normal but when I told my MW that I was having strong BH which seemed to last ages she said I had nothing to worry about as long as they came and went and didn't hurt constantly. I think 3hrs is pretty constant and tbh I do hurt all the time at the moment. Can't tell if I've just strained muscles through strong BH or whether it's a continuous cramp? Has anyone else had this? I'd worry a lot less if someone else was experiencing similar pains?
Sorry to go on for so long, I'm sure it's totally normal for 39 weeks and that a lot of you are having the same, but I started to worry that I should be letting my MW know. If it is normal and my contractions feel like this I wouldn't be able to count them anyway! It feels like one long one!