26 weeks early labour signs

[FTMdueapril]

Hi, my sister is telling me I should go into hospital as I am having the following at 26 weeks:

• stabbing pains in pubic area (for three days now)
• diarrhoea on and off since early hours
• lower back pain (but tbh I've had this for weeks)
• increased movements lower down than usual

I've called the hospital and they think it's all separate issues and said if I get period like cramps or any blood to go in but otherwise to just take it easy, but Dsis is saying I should insist to go in for monitoring.

I feel fairly comfortable in bed at home and not in unbearable pain, what do you think? I am really starting to panic now but I'm pretty sure if I was in labour I'd know about it??

try ringing your local midwife at the doctors see what they say

@rosydreams unfortunately my midwife is only available mon-fri

Ring the triage at your local hospital if it is early labour they can put things in place x

try ringing nhs direct

Think it might be time to go in I am starting to get period like cramps in my lower back

No harm in getting checked out. They can put you on a CTG and reassure you at the least. Fingers crossed it's not labour.

Diorrhea can give you period type cramps so you might be ok but it's worth getting checked.

How are you @FTMdueapril xx

@xJune88 I'm ok thank you for asking! False alarm on Sunday, baby is fine and I'm definitely not in labour, just struggling with some strange pains. Docs think it's SPD, but I'm definitely in less pain than Sunday so I'm pleased about that!

Great news!! So glad to hear it wasn't labour! Take care xx

@FTMdueapril I get them stabbing pains really low almost feels like they're going straight through my pubic bone and into me, when they start they stay for a while and they really catch me off guard! So painful! So I definitely feel for you! Glad to see all is well with you now. Hope you manage to get some rest!