early labour?

[michelles1985]

Hi all. Hope you are all well.

I'm just wondering what the rest of you think about my situation. I've had a lot of really bad lower back ache during the night. It was a constant dull ache and every now and again I had bad pains (like period pains) in my lower abdomen. I did not time the pains because I was trying to sleep through them to save my energy just incase it was labour. This morning, I've still got the back ach continuously and when I walk around, I sometimes get the pains in my lower abdomen. Last week when I saw the mjdwife, she told me my baby was 3/5 engaged. Does anyone think that these are signs that my LO could come early?

Thanks in advance xx

 

[lisa&alex]

could be.. but at almsot 38 weeks the baby isnt classed as being early really.. 37-42 weeks is classed as full term.. prepare your self for labur is probably the best thing to do xx good luck.. and make sure you tell us if you drop x

 

[kitty86]

Your nearly there not tomorrow you will be classed as full term. In some places they say 37 weeks is ful term.

I have been getting the same thing Im not sure if it means anything tho. Sorry. It might just be all the pressure of baby being engaged. I think its normal though my midwife didnt seem worried when I spoke to her.

 

[Kylie1007]

I had back ache and period pain type cramps as my labour pains. I noticed that the backache was coming in waves - it wasn't early labour either!!!

 

[michelles1985]

Thanks for all your replies. I've been cleaning my house from top to bottom since 9.30am and I've still not had any proper contractions so it must have been a false alarm.