call urgent triage or wait

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im in so much pain,
started Thursday with pain when just sitting in my pelvic area, its got so much worse I cant even sleep its constant pain in my groin/ pelvic, lower back, anal, hips area I think its pelvic griddle pain but its just so bad Ive tried a bath, paracetamol hot water bottle its not going im 26 weeks I dont know if I should call the only number available right now which is the urgent triage number or wait till tomorrow Monday and try call gp to speak to midwife would this be urgent ?

I cant turn in bed its agony, getting up on bed in sitting position to stand and walking is agony in all these areas,
I thought pgp was only when moving as well not constant which is worrying me

If you don't actually know what the pain is I would call. Get their opinion and follow their advice about who to see.

is this urgent tho as it seems like this number is just emergency

def call, doesn’t mean you have to go in! They can try and find out what might causing the pain. Better to discuss with midwife in case it’s something more than PGP if it’s affecting you this much

111 then if you’re not sure? To speak to an out of hours GP

They triage you . So ring . They will decide the course of action from there.

Yes definitely please call maternity urgent triage. Don't piss around with 111.

You don't know if it's an emergency because you don't know the cause of the pain. You've taken all sensible steps to relieve it but it's no better so now you're seeking medical help. They will ask some questions and determine if you need to be calling out of hours GP or advise what to do next. Honestly they won't tell you off if it's not an emergency.

Exactly this.

My maternity notes list intense pain like this as one of the reasons you should call right away. If no other numbers are available then phone the emergency one but don't wait until Monday. Hopefully it is 'just' PGP but the fairly sudden onset of this extreme pain you're experiencing should be properly evaluated.

Its "emergency" as in "not just calling for a theoretical chat about your options for breast or bottle feeding at 3am". They will tell you if they don't need to see you

Ring and they advise who to call if not them but I'm sure they'd help

I had this and it was pelvic pain plus a tummy bug. I went in for monitoring after calling triage and I'm 100% glad that I did - definately call this is exactly what it's for.

I called my loacl birthing centre they said I can call triage however, sounds like stretching, growing pain, take paracetamol have a hot water bottle and relax so im going to do that until tomorrow relax a lot and call midwife at my gp as its not as bad now but still painful