hi... can anyone offer me advise... my daughter is 34 weeks pregnant and has been having regular tightenings in lower back as well as front for 2 days........a urine infection has been ruled out so we are unsure...we had been timing these from 20 mins then 15 mins and last count every 10 minutes but now appeared to have stopped ??? any advise would be great ...thanx

Could it be braxton hicks??? I have been to the hospital for them twice already, and the only way to make them stop is to be given some wierd injection. Has she talked to her MW about it? If not, I would ask them if it is a possibility. I now have to be watched for preterm labor. Good luck
I hope things turn out okay

Here is a litle bit on preterm labor if you are concerned. Find out of she has any other symptoms and get her to her doctors if she doesn't feel right. Good luck

Symptoms can include, but are not limited to:
Pressure in the pelvis or vagina, or a sense that the baby has "dropped" prior to 36 weeks.
Tightenings or contractions that seem to occur at more or less regular intervals (more than four to five per hour).
Pain that comes and goes, whether it occurs in the lower abdomen or in the back.
Any fluid loss or spotting.

It is important to keep well-hydrated to both prevent uterine irritability and to prevent urinary tract infections that can lead to preterm labor. When my clients feel that things are "not quite right," I have them come in so that they can be checked. Diagnosed early, premature labor can be stopped and the pregnancy can be carried to term.

oh thank you so much....she is now having pelvic pressure and yesterday baby looked like it had dropped.....also some cramping feelings....Obviously as a mother myself ud think i know lol..... but everybody is different... thanks again......

Hi there I am 27 weeks along and the other day I had taken out the trash and the next day thought I did something to my back but then started to cramp. Well I had to go to labor and delivery at the hospital Im delivering at and they monitored me. Well I guess I was having contractions. WHO KNEW?
Not me all the time I was feeling that tightening sensation I thought it was the baby moving to the front. The nurse said that it could be either one. Or it could be him causing the contraction. So Im freaked a little. I stand and walk at work am very busy usually and feel that tighten and loosen often.

My instructions were to count them and if Ihave more than 4 in an hour than I need to lay down and see if they stop. If not then go to the labor and delivery where they can monitor me.
They do this as part of the whole process and said if I feel this or the baby is not moving as much jsut come in and they will check you.

See if you ahve something like that. All day at work now any sensation I get I analyze it now.

Jade