Menstrual cramps labor pains

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Avatar f tn how long they last and how far apart they are. From what ive heard contractions can feel like menstrual cramps and/or lower back pains. if they are getting closer together and more intense- call your doctor!!
Avatar f tn I will be 38 weeks Friday. And today I've bee n having menstrual like cramps in my lower back. Anyone can relate? Or know if this is pre labor?
Avatar f tn I am 35 weeks tomorrow with baby #1. Been having menstrual like cramps in my lower back and lower belly/pelvic area. It started not last night, but the night before. Occasionally it gets painful and sharp pains spread up towards my belly button. When they aren't the sharp pains that go up higher, it's just a dull ache like the period cramps. But the cramps have been pretty constant for the past hour or so. I know I'm not in labor yet, but could this the beginning signs?
Avatar f tn It could indeed be labor. If they feel like menstrual cramps then chances are it's the beginning stages of labor. With my first I began laboring at approximately 1am with slight menstrual like cramps, that came and went I was able to go to sleep thinking maybe it was early labor, then I woke up at 5:30am with the pains only much stronger and closer together lasting about a minute each coming every 2-3mins. I called my friend to ask her if it was labor and she told me it was.
Avatar f tn It all started off with sharp, really strong menstrual like cramps and some pressure. Better to be safe than sorry. Good luck momma!
1048943 tn?1308962622 My ob told me as long as the pains are not like menstrual cramps, then everything should be fine. If you get a lot of menstrual like cramps, it could mean that you are having uterine contractions, and you should notify your ob of it. Honestly speaking, I don't even know what a labor contraction jis supposed feels like.
Avatar f tn they r nothing like true labor contractions as the pains from labor feels like light menstrual cramps in the beginning to really bad menstrual cramps once ur in active labor.
Avatar f tn I'm 39 weeks & 4 days, I'm having frequent BM and menstrual period like cramps and back pains, when I went to the hospital last Thursday I was dilated to 1cm . Am I close to labor? I'm due this Saturday, July 12.
Avatar f tn My doc asked me about them and i have no idea if i have felt one or not. I have pains that feel like menstrual cramps, also have pains that feel like my uterus is ripping apart. And some other random pains here and there....any of those contractions? My belly usually feels hard so i just dont know.....
Avatar f tn Im 34weeks & 1 day . Due date is March 6th. First time mommy pregnant with a girl. Lately I've been having pains that feel like menstrual cramps in my lower stomach . Sometimes they are VERY intense . What could this be ,? Is this normal?
Avatar f tn Less than 35 weeks it can be preterm labor. But the pain would feel like menstrual cramps and they would come closer and stronger . . .
Avatar f tn And last night as I was sleeping I started getting sharp cramping pains down the lower part of my belly. It felt like menstrual cramps but very bad ones. And I was also get lower back pains. They simply came and went every 3-4 minutes for only about 30-40secs. I also felt some tightness in my belly but like towards the upper part, I also felt like I had poop but couldnt. Is this normal?? Was I have contractions?
Avatar f tn Im 38 weeks and been having cramps kinda related to feeling of menstrual cramps. Is this normal or a sign of labor around the corner.
Avatar f tn I find that they sometimes feel like menstrual cramps mostly on the right side sometimes on the left. I had gone into the hospital on Sunday to get checked because I had them constantly all day.
10977026 tn?1414365303 Contractions feel like severe menstrual cramps.
Avatar f tn m 26+3 and two days ago I was cramping, it just felt like a constant lower back pain and some menstrual cramps. I thought maybe I was having growing pains or braxton Hicks but after 10 hours I decided to go to hospital. I was indeed contracting and had to get two shots to stop them. So just go with your instints.
Avatar f tn The worst menstrual cramps you'll ever have in your life, pain can spread to your back. You can't talk or think during them. You will most likely have one position you just wanna stay in cause its comforting to you. That's how I was. They start of mild then get worse over time. They will also come frequently (like every 5 mins, then 3 mins, etc.
6387609 tn?1393274731 How far along are you? At 30wks I went to dr & hospital for having really bad cramps & back pain and I ended up getting monitored all day & they said I was having uterine irritability (mini contractions) & they had to give me a preterm labor shot. They said it could've been brought on by dehydration or bacterial vaginosis (an infection I had at the time).
Avatar n tn I am 39 weeks 5 days preg. I am having bad menstrual like cramps and horrible back pains. At my last appt, I was 3cm dilated and told that my cervix was very, very thin. When is it time to go to the hospial? I am having trouble counting contractions because the pain is constant but the very sharp pains are about 6-8 mins apart. My mother keeps saying I will know when it is time because I wont be able to talk but is it possible that my pains wont be that bad but still be a sign to go in?
Avatar f tn The pains felt like menstrual cramps, I have never experienced menstrual like pains throughout my whole pregnancy. Not even BH contractions felt like the menstrual cramps I was feeling at the time so I monitored them. The pains didn't hurt very bad, they came and went like every 15 or 20 mins. I finally got tired and went to sleep. Well I woke up at 5:30am with the same pains, only stronger and closer together and they last longer. I thought again, is this labor?
Avatar n tn If you can time it though go in. My pains go from menstrual cramps to severe pressure in my bottom.
7454812 tn?1391877431 I'M 28 weeks today and I've been having menstrual like cramps since I got up. Yesterday I had some green colored mucus come put in my stool. Sorry tmi but have any of you ladies experienced this at all, if so what did you do?
Avatar f tn If you get so uncomfortable go to er because it could be a sign of beginning of labor. Labor feels like period cramps only pretty unbearable ones. I hope all goes well! !
Avatar n tn I'm 34 weeks and having the strongest menstrual type feeling cramps ever. My Lower back is in so much pain. It's almost unbearable. Should I be concerned? Did anybody experience this before labor?
Avatar f tn I had my first baby at 38 weeks + 2 days but did not experience labor pains. My water broke with him and I was administered pitocin (which is when I started feeling the contractions) the next morning because my labor was not progressing good on it's own. I'm scared I will go into labor and not know because I don't know what early contractions feel like.