Period like cramps

[objectivebread]

Hi, I'm 23 weeks 3 days pregnant, I've asked NHS 111 and they are clueless and triage said it's stretching but I am concerned still!

I keep getting period like cramping for the past three days, in my lower groin, where I would normally get period cramping. I also get a tight aching band feeling across the top of my uterus area, it feels like someone has my belly in a vice.

I spoke to a consultant doctor on the phone and he said they are not concerned because I am not bleeding

Anyone else experienced this?

Could it be round ligament pain?

Are the pains able to be timed?

I timed a few, 15 seconds at max, shortest is like not even half a second. There doesn't seem to be any tightening when this happens though, it feels like little blips of cramping, and then some are more drawn out

@Sparklesocks I feel it quite low down though, front of my uterus, and some in my cervix, I thought round ligament pain was on the sides, this feels identical t o period cramping

This sounds silly @objectivebread but could it be bowel/ wind related? I’m a bit further along at 33 weeks but have been having something similar, there are a lot of google articles about wind and constipation feeling like very early labour.

The tight aching like a vice sounds like braxton hicks. Does your bump go hard when it happens? I had them loads, some people don’t seem to have them at all.