Hi all, I'm almost 35 weeks pregnant (bump measuring 38 but that's a whole other story) and since last night I've had some strange pains.
At about 4am I was awake with period type pains that wrapped around my back, and seemed to go down my groin and thigh in one leg. It was a constant pain, at first I thought I might need the loo but I didn't and eventually took some paracetamol and went back to sleep.
I've had the same thing twice again today, but not regular enough for me to time them. I've had a lot of Braxton hicks, it's not that, but my bump is tightening in the same way.
Baby is still wriggling around a lot and at my midwife apt yesterday her head was just above my pelvis but hadn't started to engage.
My first baby was back to back, so I didn't feel a single contraction when I was in labour as all the pain was in my back, so I'm not sure if what I'm having is normal or not? Is it just my body gearing up for the real thing?