Third trimester girls - cramping?

Anyone experiencing this? I haven't had much cramping this pregnancy but last night, ugh, it was painful. I felt really sharp pains in my lower abdomen and it woke me up through the night every hour or so. Still continuing now, but not quite as painful.

Anyone else?

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I've been getting this more and more. Last week I had it pretty consistantly and it turned out I was contracting 2 min. apart. I spent a few hours in L&D and then they stopped. It's been really sporadic since then.

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yes...I had them this weekend...starting on Friday but they keep starting and stopping. I have no clue what is going on.

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These just aren't going away And now I'm having some sporadic contractions. Nothing consistent yet though with the contractions.

Do I bother calling my ob/gyn? My next appointment isn't until Thursday but I REALLY don't feel like wasting my day idling at L&D for nothing.

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if you were going to labor naturally i would say wait it out, but you're having another c-section right? i would call the OB, they may want you to come in

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Posted by Bxgell2

These just aren't going away And now I'm having some sporadic contractions. Nothing consistent yet though with the contractions.

Do I bother calling my ob/gyn? My next appointment isn't until Thursday but I REALLY don't feel like wasting my day idling at L&D for nothing.

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Posted by headoverheels

if you were going to labor naturally i would say wait it out, but you're having another c-section right? i would call the OB, they may want you to come in

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I am 34 weeks and I'll get them on and off. I'll get a sharp cramp sometimes when I am doing nothing, other times if I am trying to take a little walk. It makes me nervous but it always goes away quickly. I mentioned it to my doctor and he said it was normal.

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try drinking water n resting to see if it stops i had this on friday night best of luck

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Posted by Bxgell2

Posted by headoverheels

if you were going to labor naturally i would say wait it out, but you're having another c-section right? i would call the OB, they may want you to come in

Yeah, I have a c-section scheduled for 10 days from now but I'm starting to have serious doubts that I'll make it that far.

I guess I'll call in a little while if it keeps up. Booooooooo...

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Yep, this past weekend. Saturday morning I had really bad cramps underneath my belly, donw my thighs and across my back, similar to how I feel when I have my period. They went away but came back two more times within the hour. When I got home, I sat donw for a bit and they seemed to have gone. Just feeling a little crampy again now, but nothing consistent.

for you, Beth. Not long now.

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ME TOO. i'm definitely feeling them, but they're sporadic - really no pattern whatsoever. I lost some plug, but probably not all of it. My next appt is Wednesday. Unless something changes drastically, i'm not calling.

Maybe if I were in your shoes, I'd call because #2 can go A LOT faster than #1!

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Sporadically . . .

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I'm having them right now but sporadic. They are pretty painful. I've been having them for a week now but again sporadic. I feel like I'm getting AF. I would put on a call just to be safe.

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I am only 28 weeks but I have been having bad braxton hicks contractions with this PG. My belly will get hard and stay that way for 10 minute stretches at a time. If your contractions are in a consistent pattern and are more than 5 in one hour before 35 weeks it is time to call the doctor. If you are after 35 weeks and they are coming in a regular pattern and not stopping when you change position it is also time to call. HTH and good luck!

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Beth - I had a lot more cramping and B&H the few months when I was pregnant with my 2nd.

My theory was your body preps for labor more having already been throug it- which attributes for shorter labors for 2nd babies.

I'd call. They should be able to set you up with a monitor to get checked.

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YES! id say everyother day!

quick question related to this:

ive been having what seems like intermittant (everyother day) episodes of what feels like cramping, usually pretty constant for a few hours. feels like I did 2000 situps the day before - are these contractions or just my ab muscles stretching?? im 30 weeks anyone experience anything similar?

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Randomly, a few ones at night....tomorrow is 40 weeks for me though, so I'm hoping to feel some strong contractions...but nothing yet

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Beth??? How are you feeling???

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Still here.. the cramping subsided some, so I didn't call the doc. Just going to wait it out a little more.

Though, randomly enough, a coworker of mine stopped by towards the end of the day, took one look at me, and said I had the "look" of a woman who was about to go into labor

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I have had it for the last week and today was especailly bad. I went to the OB and they hooked me up to the contraction monitor and found that i have been having contractions--guess that is what the bad carmping was. Felt like a horribly heavy AF was coming. Not dialted or effaced at all though. They have stopped---for now....