Abdominal pain - any cause for concern?

[Saltnvinegarhulahoop]

Am 18 weeks pg and is my third pg. Has been fairly uneventful, other than a fair amount of lower back pain when playing with dc on the floor etc.

Woke up this morning feeling like I had a tummy bug, but (sorry for tmi) have had two poos now and neither was runny.

Feeling less sick but have lower tummy/ period like pain and lower back pain.

Just wondered if this sounded like a normal tummy bug or something else?

Could be any number of things, stomach bug included. Could also be a UTI though.

That wasn't advice was it? It was an opinion.

Have you a local walk in place? Just nip along with a sample to check for infection?

Thanks - don't really have a local walk in place, but I will maybe take some paracetamol and see if that improves things. I think I am scaring myself by thinking of bad things happening when I have no other reason to think things are wrong.

Guess I should take my own usual advice and wait for a while to see if things improve.

I think worrying is part of pregnancy but you can reassure yourself that there are probably lots and lots of reasons for lower stomach and back pain in pregnancy, nearly all of them nothing to worry about. Do you have your midwife's number? The community team should be happy just to lend an ear.

Incase you are still around showofhands - still got pain but now it feels like a permanent stitch. Was sitting still in the car for a while this afternoon which seemed to make it worse, so I'm going to take some more paracetamol.

Would call the midwife just to see, but am a bit nervous it will be a tummy bug, and all I need is a good fart . But it's definitely pretty sore.