Third time this week...

Lauran

...I have had semi-regular menstrual type cramps. (They're also in my lower back.)

I had something similar happen at 31 weeks. They were two minutes apart for over two hours and finally went away with a hot shower.

It happened Monday, just for half an hour or so--again, a hot shower made them go away. Yesterday it went on most of the afternoon into the evening. On and off--they would go away for 30 minutes to an hour, then come back. They started again a little while ago, and are hard to time this time because they don't really go away--just get a little less intense, then stronger again.

I have my regular OB appointment Tuesday morning--the start of my weekly visits, and plan on having them check my cervix to see if there's any effacement/dilation going on. Last it was looked at was 31 weeks (a few days before those crampy contractions), and it was locked up tighter than Fort Knox.

I have a c-section scheduled for March 15, but I'm wondering if I'm going to make it that long. At my last appointment, I was told labor would not be stopped after 36 weeks.

Thoughts? Similar experiences?

K&H

Can you correlate them with moments of stress? Or days when you've had less water to drink?
You're so close now!

Lauran

Nope, I always have a drink in my hand, so I'm not dehydrated. As for stress--other than chasing a two year old boy around, I can't say I have much of that going on. The first time it happened was the middle of the night. I was laying in bed watching a movie & they just started out of nowhere.

Didn't have these with Cruz--I had Braxton Hicks, but not ever regular like this. When I was in labor with him, there was no mistaking it! This pregnancy has been so different from the get-go!

I'm not really worried about it--Baby should be fine, even if she comes in the next week or so. And I haven't lost my mucus plug--they're not strong enough to shake that loose. Just wondered if anyone else had them at such regular intervals before labor truly began.

Kari

FWIW, I was 3 cm dilated and my mucus plug didn't come out until I delivered, so you could be making progress. It's getting close!! I hope you go early if that's what you want!

Goobie

Yes! On and off for almost a month before Ivy was born

Lauran

A month? Ok. I can deal with it...it's annoying but financially things will be better if she waits until 39 weeks!

coryandamanda

I thought I was in early labor more times that I can count in the last month of my pregnancy with M and also had tons of BH. With A I just had tons of Braxton Hicks and only thought I was in labor once before the real thing.
Amanda also had a TON of false labor for a few weeks. It is one of the few reasons why she got induced 10 days early.