Lots of pressure and pains

[Charlotte91]

OK, so at 37+2 I've woken up with LOTS of pressure downstairs. More than has been there the last few mornings.
I know I've dropped a little, as my belly button is getting lower and lower.

I'm rocking the preggie waddle and just wondering if it's bub engaging? I did a google search and everything said that the pressure should be in your bottom?
Mine is a little bit, but the majority of it is in my vagina.

Getting some good tightenings and pains.

The pains don't always come with the tightenings. It's *very* period like. The pains radiate through my whole belly and down into my vagina.
This may not make sense, but I also feel some 'tingling' down there when I get the pains.
The tightenings hurt. Alot.

Doing lots of bouncing on my fit ball as I can't really sit on the couch due to the pressure.

Does all this sound good?
How soon after getting lots of pressure did you go into labour?

[Onelittleprincess]

My labor started as period pain. Id maybe ring your hospital or head in for a check up. No harm in checking. Good luck

[PumpkinZulu]

I had the pressure from 30 weeks to 40 weeks. DD was engaged for a long time, she had the most epic cone head! The ouchy BH I had for two weeks. They'd start at about 4pm and go all night every night, or if I overdid myself. I also got lots of shooting cervix pain, back pain, leg cramps...lol! What you're describing sounds a lot like my prelabour, which lasted two weeks.

[Charlotte91]

Oh god, 2 weeks? Nope. Not for me!!

Been doing more bouncing and rocking on my fit ball but everything seems to have fizzed out.

Disappointed.

[LuluHB]

I had them for a good six weeks before A made her appearance and more like 8 weeks for DD2. At least you know you can't possibly have that long!!

[Ladylove]

I had period type pain for weeks before I went into labour- bub was almost fully engaged quite early but then decided to wait until 40 plus 5.

[PumpkinZulu]

That was me too. I just tried to relax (hard!) and not focus on it. The best thing I told myself was that I'd be going to 42 weeks. I really expected it, as uncomfy as it all was, if I worked myself up over it I would have felt so much more exhausted and defeated. Do you have a bath? I didn't with DD but that would have been a life saver.

[*LittleMissSummer*]

The moment i told myself i was happy to go until 40+ weeks was when my waters broke!

[lise]

I had pains like that for three weeks before DS was born nine days late...