A few weeks ago, I pulled a muscle in my groin which still hurts but such is the nature of groin pulls. That one never gave me the misery of what I experienced last night.
I honestly don't know how it happened, but the sheet of abodominal muscles on the right side of my abdomen started hurting while I was resting in bed yesterday afternoon. When I stood up, I couldn't stand up start and then I have 4 or 5 contractions that were so painful over the next 20 minutes. This caused my husband to start freaking out that he wasn't ready for me to have the baby that night.
Thankfully the contractions stopped but the muscles were still hurting ALOT. I tried homeopathic arnica, massaging arnica and comfrey oil on it. And then this morning I had to bust out the big guns when I was whimpering in bed at 6:45 am after only 4 hours of sleep. My husband talked me into some ibuprofen. I took it and then was able to sleep for 4 more hours, blessed relief.
This morning the muscles are sore, but just an ache nothing like last night (searing pain last night). I really hope that pain doesn't come back or if this soreness stays that it doesn't intensify if labor starts.
In my last pregnancy, I pulled the same sheet of muscles and it hurt for a day. That was at 25 weeks and I didn't feel any contractions during that time. This was much worse and it seriously scared me. I knew if I were to have the baby that I could handle that added discomfort, but its definitely not my first choice or something I'm going to seek after during the birth of my baby. If she had been born last night, I'd probably remember the pulled muscles more vividly than the contractions!
I honestly don't know how it happened, but the sheet of abodominal muscles on the right side of my abdomen started hurting while I was resting in bed yesterday afternoon. When I stood up, I couldn't stand up start and then I have 4 or 5 contractions that were so painful over the next 20 minutes. This caused my husband to start freaking out that he wasn't ready for me to have the baby that night.
Thankfully the contractions stopped but the muscles were still hurting ALOT. I tried homeopathic arnica, massaging arnica and comfrey oil on it. And then this morning I had to bust out the big guns when I was whimpering in bed at 6:45 am after only 4 hours of sleep. My husband talked me into some ibuprofen. I took it and then was able to sleep for 4 more hours, blessed relief.
This morning the muscles are sore, but just an ache nothing like last night (searing pain last night). I really hope that pain doesn't come back or if this soreness stays that it doesn't intensify if labor starts.
In my last pregnancy, I pulled the same sheet of muscles and it hurt for a day. That was at 25 weeks and I didn't feel any contractions during that time. This was much worse and it seriously scared me. I knew if I were to have the baby that I could handle that added discomfort, but its definitely not my first choice or something I'm going to seek after during the birth of my baby. If she had been born last night, I'd probably remember the pulled muscles more vividly than the contractions!
