33 + 2 weeks

[Esmerelda123]

Hey guys,

Since yesterday I’ve been having what can only be discribed as period pains round my lower back and stomach. I’ve also came down with a cold. Baby still moving fine but the period pain is enough that it woke me during the night. It’s not like the Braxton Hicks I’ve been having as my tummy doesn’t harden and doesn’t ease when I move!
I rang the EOU today, and she said it sounds like pelvic girdle pain or something viral. Bowels are moving fine so it doesnt seem like an upset stomach to me! She told me to leave work and go get a bath.
I’m just worrying a bit as it’s literally like I’m on my period, but down there feels a bit swollen.

Has anyone experienced this?

Yes me over the weekend. I'm 33+1 and over the weekend I was getting period type pains in my lower back with pressure/period type cramps in the bottom. Of my bump coming and going.. I have had braxton hicks on and off for a few weeks so I thought it was the beginning of Labour but I had some paracetamol and a bath and lay down in bed and the cramps in my bump eventually stopped. Since I've ha slower dull back ache but I've put it down too being so heavy as my hips are also killing and struggling to walk. I've also had the dreaded lightning crotch so I think it was down to baby moving down. They must of been braxton hicks for me just more painfull than usual x

Thank you! I’m going to go to bed after a bath and see do they ease, it doesn’t feel like my pelvis as it’s not as low down as pain there has been, just sort of round my stomach like a period. X

Yeah have a bath take some paracetamol too see if it helps it ease. If it doesn't don't hesitate to ring triage and ask to be seen though x