Pregnancy - Third Trimester

Angelica · Jul 8th, 2008, 16:39 PM

U think so tabs?
I'm getting some really weird feelings down there...
I can feel a slight pressure & have been weeing like mad today- so perhaps u are right about bubs catching a nerve!

Also I thought the movement gets slow towards end of pregnancy??
my lo had the hiccups a few mins ago & was moving like crazy!!

Tabs · Jul 8th, 2008, 16:44 PM

As you probably know, I went to the hospital last night to be checked over as I hadn't felt LO move all day...

The midwife told me (as did the one at our antenatal class) that the whole "baby's movements slow before labour" is a complete myth and that you should still be feeling a regular pattern of movements right up til "D-Day"!!

Like I say, if you're worried, just call your MW for a quick chat?

Angelica · Jul 8th, 2008, 16:51 PM

Yeah I'll give them a ring as soon as I'm home from work...
It feels like bubs is doing somersaults & stretches!!

How are u feeling now? everything ok at hospital?

Ragirl · Jul 8th, 2008, 17:02 PM

Not real sure hun. But a few ideas: like others have said, baby engaging. But also (if memory serves me right), I had those with my first at around this time and it was my cervix starting to dialate/efface (before you get excited, I was dialated 1-2 cm and partially effaced for weeks). Also, which part is hurting...could it be a urinary infection?

Ragirl · Jul 8th, 2008, 17:10 PM

Angelica- Saw this on babycentre.uk.com yesterday. It's the description for what happens at 36 weeks:

You may begin to feel increased pressure in your lower abdomen and notice that your baby is gradually dropping. This is called lightening or engagement and your lungs and stomach will finally get a chance to stretch a bit, so breathing and eating become easier. However, walking may become increasingly uncomfortable - some women even say it feels as if the baby is going to fall out. (Don't worry, it can't happen.) You may feel as if you need to go for a wee all the time however. Practising your pelvic floor exercises can help.

Hope that helps give you reassurance.

Sweetie · Jul 8th, 2008, 17:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Gingercrumpet

I'm due any day now but have been suffering from severe cramping pains for 4 days. Very irregular pains but so intense. My appetite has plummeted and the pains are making me feel sick. As they are irregular they can't be labour pains, I've researched the pains and have come to the conclusion they are Braxton Hicks. Can Braxton Hicks be so painful? Does anyone any ideas?

This is me except that my back starts to kill me and then my tummy starts to hurt to the point of being sick.

Ragirl · Jul 8th, 2008, 17:15 PM

I have heard Braxton Hicks are often as painful as the real ones, it's just that they are irregular and eventually stop instead of developing a pattern. Although I will say I have been having what I call BH for months now. But the other day I did too much gardening and suddenly had this huge, painful contraction and thought "Cripes, if this is what the real thing feels like I'm in for it!!"

Carolyn · Jul 8th, 2008, 19:33 PM

ragirl, so it was definitely a different feeling then, BH and the contraction?

Ragirl · Jul 8th, 2008, 20:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Carolyn

ragirl, so it was definitely a different feeling then, BH and the contraction?

It was very different. What I have been calling BH, while somewhat painful, have felt manageable. The one I had after gardening almost took my breath away and really almost felt like all the muscles toward the top of my stomach bearing down on baby. I had a second one a few minutes after, but after lying down and drinking some water it all stopped.

Carolyn · Jul 8th, 2008, 20:49 PM

are the pains during the BH all around the bump...or in one place? (sorry for asking so many questions)

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