menstrual cramps labor

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?

It might be early labor. I have read where premature labor can feel like menstrual cramps. It could also be Braxton hicks but Im not sure. If you have more than 4 cramps an hour, you should call your OB ASAP. That is what the OB nurse told me on Friday when I was having contractions showing on the monitor, although I didn't feel them.

Am 33 weeks and been having menstrual cramps on and of can this be contraction first pregnancy help!

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?

I woke up to menstrual like cramps today. Today is my due date!!! I'm wondering if this could be pre labor or maybe just braxton hicks? Have any of you experienced this before and did you go into labor??

I'm 35 weeks n these past few days I've had on and off menstrual like cramps. My tummy doesn't get super hard and they're not unbearable but they're getting very uncomfortable. So far today they haven't gone away. Anyone going through the same thing or have any suggestions??

I'm 35weeks &' 2days and I'm having menstrual cramps. Could I be in labor ? And this is my second child could she come sooner??

anyone experiencing menstrual-like cramps? I'm 30 weeks and 2 days. I've experienced them throughout the day and my doc. Just said to increase my water intake and come in if it feels worst than menstrual-like cramps. Just wondering if anyone is having a similar experience?

39 weeks today and have been experiencing menstrual like cramps for a few hours now. Should I assume I'm in labor and call my doctor or is cramping normal?

Sounds like it.

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?

ve been having a faint crampiness all over in lower abdomen, it kinda feels like the faint cramps is get before I would get periods. does this mean labor is close?!

I'm not sure what it is exactly but it's probably part of the process... I'm preggo w/my first so I have no experience to share, but I'm pretty sure cramping is very normal at the end of pregnancy as your body prepares for labor/birth. I've had occassional menstrual like cramps too and I'm not as far along as you. My doctor equates it to either BH, normal uterine cramping, or constipation or diarrea. Do you have an appointment soon?

Is it normal to have menstrual like cramps when 25 and 1/2 weeks pregnant?! Could it be him growing? Because I'm very small.. 4'11 .. so I'm hoping its that?

I have been having strong menstrual like cramps all day... plus I'm super sick to my stomach.

Braxton hicks contractions don't hurt. True labor contractions start off feeling like menstrual cramps. If that's what ur feeling, then labor is imminent or ur experiencing the very beginnings of it. Monitor it and get ready to go to the hospital! Goodluck!!

It's not as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Contractions feel like really intense menstrual cramps. I'd rather give birth then have a tooth ache! It's worth every moment!

Contractions feel like severe menstrual cramps.

I got my membranes stripped nd now its like im having on nd off but often terrible menstrual cramps! Is this it?! Am i in labor?!

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.

Contractions during labor feel like menstrual type cramps.

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.

Some women describe Braxton Hicks contractions as tightening in the abdomen that comes and goes. Many women say they feel like mild menstrual cramps. Unlike true labor, these contractions are usually not painful and do not happen at regular intervals. They do not get closer together, do not increase with walking, do not last longer as they go on, and do not feel stronger over time as they do when you are in true labor. What Do True Labor Contractions Feel Like?

Please can anyone help me, am 33wks pregnant and I've been having serious back ache and mild cramps like menstral pain am I in labor? It's a third pregnancy the two previous ones were through elective cs.

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