31 weeks and cramps

[Lcw29]

I've been in and out of day assessment this pregnancy either due to reduced movenents or painful tightenings that turned out to be Braxton hicks.

Yesterday my lower back started hurting . It feels like period cramps and goes round the front. I had to take a codeine tablet which after an hour did help a bit. I've woken up and it's still there. Is this normal? I feel it in the top of my butt too. A constant throb. Baby feels like he's hitting my cervix to as I keep getting a shooting pain in my vagina.

This is probably not the answer you are looking for on Christmas morning, but I would be going to get checked out with those symptoms. It might just be painful braxton-hicks type pains, but if the pain is different than before I think it needs checking.

Braxton hicks I would say I've been having the same since 32 weeks..(now 35+3). Stabbing pains in cervix daily period type ache in lower back and lower bump.. Bump goes tights and also had the odd intense pains at the bottom of my bump too.. Needing to go loo more although baby is well and truly squashing my bladder so it's constant trips that result in nothing half the time.. Also diahrea type stomach pains without the diahrea..
Keep an eye on those pains but it sounds like your body is just reacting to the third trimester and your getting braxton hicks.
Best thing if your worried go get checked out again as you can never be too sure x