I have a 6 month old and I am, until last week i was exclusively breastfeeding (i have started to wean, breakfast only) I am on the mini pill, but often forget to take it. More often than not tbh. Not sure if it is relevant.
I have had what I had though felt like period pains, probably for about 2-3weeks? mild back ache, bordering on back pain but not really. And that mild ache in the base of my belly. It felt like i would probably have a period.
Nothing much happened. I did a pregnancy test last week and was given a negative result (vague possibility, but v unlikely anyway, however, if i was it would have been 4wks minimum, i will be doing another one tomorrow just in case).
Over the last couple of days the backache has worsened. Increasing in severity, eminating into my lower abdomen. I cannot really fathom out if the pain from my abdomen is causing the back pain, or vice versa, it seems linked, the pain goes sort of 'through' me. It is not really a dull ache any more. It is not on one side only, it is across the whole of my back, and the whole of my lower abdomen, just above my pelvic bone. The pain makes me feel a little queazy.
It is worse when I sit. Lying eases it, in that kind 'it hurts but in a good way' type of pain you get when stretching out an aching back muscle. Standing up eases it too, but leaves a dull ache there. Bending down makes it worse and then from time to time, no matter what I am doing, it will hurt.
That time to time is increasing in frequency, slowly, not dramatically, but now enough for me to wonder what is going on. No longer feels like a period, but I wonder if it is.
Could it be a period starting? Have only had one in 4 years, and that was 17 months ago or so. Anything else it could be? a pulled muscle from picking up my baby incorrectly?