I have been experiencing some uncomfortable cramps for the past few days and wondering if anyone has had this? I’ll try to summarise below because I’m not finding the hospital and the Internet to be much use and feel kind of alone in what is going on. I just want someone to tell me this is normal and not to worry, or I should worry and what is happening.
I’m 35 weeks and for the past five days I’ve experienced period-type pains/cramps. Initially just in the evening and then throughout the day for the past three days. They are mostly mild, some moderate and feels like I’m getting my period progressing to first day cramps if you see what I mean.
After two days I went to triage because I was a bit worried, and on the TOCO I was getting readings of 70s-80s consistently. So too high for BH but also no one really explained what this could mean. They did a preterm labour swab with speculum (awful) which thankfully was negative and the rest of my check was ok. Blood pressure had gone up but still less than 140/90. They said if the pains went away with paracetamol and codeine then it isn’t labour pains. The issue is, they didn’t and haven’t really gone away. They’ve stop/started but they last for minutes to hours at a time as opposed to minute length contractions.
So is this BH or prodromal labour or completely normal or what is going on? I’ve tried to google and read other people’s experiences but nothing sounds quite right, and it also doesn’t sound/feel like any description of actual labour or BH that I’ve read.