low back pain and cramping

[readytobedone]

i've had this crampy feeling in my lower back for about 5 hours. it's getting worse. but i can't time it...it's just more or less like a constant thing that gets better and worse but never really goes away. sometimes my belly hurts at the same time. i feel like this is some kind of labor-y thing, but i don't know...

what worries me is it is much worse on the right than the left. does this mean it's not a labor thing, but some kind of other thing? help! i don't know anything! :

but it is definitely pretty painful, whatever it is.

[JanetF]

What position is your baby in? Sometimes OP can be felt in your back but it is all just labour at your stage and that's a good thing Pains in the body in labour can be all different and each one of us experiences it slightly differently as a result. I hope this is some beautiful early labour work that your body is doing to beautifully birth your baby to their own timetable!

[mwherbs]

take a warm bath or shower and try to get some sleep- if you are thinking you are sick- do you have a fever or other symptoms that what you have described?

[pamamidwife]

sounds like you might be in early labor! sleep - even if you need to take something to help the sleep come.

[readytobedone]

Originally Posted by mwherbs

take a warm bath or shower and try to get some sleep- if you are thinking you are sick- do you have a fever or other symptoms that what you have described?

no, i had no other symptoms. it just didn't feel like i imagined it feeling...which probably sounds kind of dumb

but i guess we all imagine labor--and it may or may not be what we imagine, right?

anyway, the back pain kept up for about 9 hours, gradually subsided, and i had a great sleep. woke up to more just regular cramping/contrax in the lower belly. which i can tolerate a lot better than the back stuff...

it's not labor labor, but i'll take it...thanks for the reassurance, mamas