AF type cramps

[peekay]

Hi

I'm currently 36w (in a day that is) and last night I had really bad period type cramps in my lower abdomen and back. They started around 2:30am and stayed until about 7am. They were so uncomfortable I couldn't sleep. The pain was coming and going, but generally consistent and I had some BH with it too. I've had nothing since 7am.

Has anyone else experienced this at this stage? Google provided me with a couple of options: early labour or stretching. I don't really think it's either though!

Any thoughts?

[PinkPalace]

hi peekay
it could be the start of prelabour... i had very regular BH 2 weeks prior to labour (i am taking every 7mins for 6 hours straight on the dot).
The fact they have stopped means they are not contractions of labour

but it will all happy soon enough! yay

[Rumpleteaser]

It could be pre-labour in your case. But I have been getting AF type cramps on occasions. I have just put it down to stretching.

[peekay]

Thanks ladies

I haven't had anymore of the pains that bad- just a few niggles here and there. Nothing like they were that night.

Thanks for your thoughts. I hope it's just my body gearing up!

[Indadhanu]

Sounds like what I'm getting, which I am just putting down to everything warming up and getting ready.