Hello everyone,
i have a few questions and i was hoping someone could help me out. Unfortunaly, my doctor is not open yet and i didn't had these simptoms during my first pregnancy. I am 32 weeks pregnant and for the past few days i have been really uncomfortable w/the baby moving (who has always been moving a lot and is very painful)but besides that i have been feeling a lot pressure in my belly, bottom and middle mostly and painful too. I have not had pains in my vagina area or nothing like that just on my sides of my legs near by. My muscles have been hurting like hell...you know the whole stretching. For the past 2 days during night time i haven't had any pain or discomfort while sleeping, but during the day is just killing me. Also, i have felt so many bubbles on the bottom of my belly. I really don't think that i'm having contractions...but it might be braxton hicks...but i'm really not sure! Anyone has any ideas?
So, i finally had my doctor's appt yesterday, and guess what? I am 2 cent. Dialated!!! Yep, so they sent me to the hospital to make sure i wasn't going to pre-term labor. It doesn't seems like it cause they sent me home. But the funny thing is that everyday i was having pain, until i got to the hospital and if felt perfectly fine! Isn't that bad!! I was trying to have them record also when the "contractions or braxton hicks were occuring" but it didnt' happen. But i'm happy he is okay! Thank you again for everyone's response! I really appreciated!
I hope you had a chance to talk to your dr, but I would say, welcome to your 2nd pregnancy!!
If you have more, around your 30th week you feel like the baby is so low you could give birth at any minute. There are so many more aches and pains I felt likke an old lady all the time. I swear my baby#4 spent two months hanging out, waving to everyone before he decided to come...
Good luck and god bless
Hello Noelia
I always use to think that my second pregnancy should be so much easier than the first. But come to find out its not. That stretching pain is normal. It seems with every pregnancy (for me and also like my mom) we got bigger, even if the baby was just as normal sized as the previous baby. You might be carrying around a little more amniotic fluid than last time, but that's okay.
At this late in the pregnancy those are NOT braxton hicks contractions. Those are real contractions but normal and okay as long as they are not 3 minutes apart of course!! LOL This is just preparing you!
I was very uncomfortable in the second pregnancy, more so than the first, but my baby girl was fine-stronger and kicked more often.
Perhaps your baby is kicking you more(because its almost time to get out) during the night and you're just feeling it during the day. You can take regular tylenol for the pain and you can take a zantac for heartburn. Eat often but small portions because filling up on something heavy is uncomfortable too.
Check your regularity, are you constipated? Drink lots of water. Get ready to have that baby! Best of luck!
Hey, I don't know about your pains but your email cought my attention for this: Last year I was pregnant with my second baby due in MAY, I had a happy 2 year old boy at home and have been married since 2004.
Funny, hey?
B.
This is about the time that I felt all the pressure ~ My son was moving into the birth canal getting ready for his big entrance (and still arrived 2 weeks overdue). The pressure you are feeling is normal.
The pain in your legs is from your hips spreading, opening the birth canal for the baby. I recommend soft stretches and a DVD that I found at Target called Yoga for Pregnancy. Remember soft stretches and no pressure on the belly. This video is great! because it shows 2 pregnant woman and how they have modified the exercises to accomodate their bellies. Plus the whole thing is specifically designed for pregnant woman. The pain in your legs is also normal. Your body is going through HUGE changes right now to prepare for the arrival of your bundle of joy.
You may just be more in tune with your body now which is why you are noticing it.
I never experienced the bubbles...I did experience pain in the lower part of my belly that was periodic which was diagnosed as Braxton Hicks.
God Bless!
Hi Noelia,
I agree with Samantha, I too had more pains my second baby, I asked my doctor and she said that the uterus lining is stretching, I asked her, didn't it get stretched out with the first one? She laughed and said yes but now it is more. She basically said the same thing that Samantha said. If it is the same pain as mine, Like a strong pulled muscle in your stomach, hurts to get up too fast, hurts to sit down too fast....Then that is what it is. Doc said as long as it is not accompanied by bleeding, then I should be fine. Get some rest and Put your legs up when you can, also I found that if I took a walk it helped as long as it wasn't too long of a walk. ALSO get a stomach brace to relieve some of the pulling, that helped too. Good Luck and Congrats!! N.
I'm not a doctor, but I'm 34 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby. My first is 16 months old. I read that week 32 is the peak of the baby's movement. Week 32 and on have been difficult for me with the baby moving so much and such strong movements. Are you drinking plenty of water? That will reduce your braxton hicks contractions. It sounds like a lot of the same stuff I am experiencing. With my first I had no problems, but this one has been a lot more uncomfortable. I have gotten varicose veins from all of the pressure, but they say there's nothing to worry about. So, you're probably okay. Unfortunately, I don't think there's anything you can do except wait for the day you deliver. Try resting more if you can and elevating your legs some. That helps me some. I hope that is all that it is. I know that if you are having a lot of pain just above your pubic bone that you should contact your doctor. Okay, good luck.
Try a different doc until your favorite one opens up.
usually you will have alot of discomfort in the last couple weeks. I would still contact your doctor once he gets in. Or I would say just call the nearest hospital for some information.
Anytime you are experiencing anything you describe as very painful you need to contact your doctor. Even if the office isn't open, there is always a service to take your call and get a message to your doctor. It could be that you are having some problems with dehydration. You need to be drinking all day. As soon as I finish a glass of water I go fill it back up and keep sipping along. It helps reduce contractions from dehydration as well as ligament pain.
I was also more sensitive to pain my second time around so that may be the problem with you but if it is really pain and not just discomfort, I would suggest you contact your doctor. If he's not open go to the hospital. It's better to be safe than sorry especially when you are so far along. Good luck and hope you get rid of the pain.
First and formost I would talk to the doctor. But I am 25 weeks pregnant and have had to prop my body in bed with flat pillows to stay comfortable. I have used a heating pad on my hips which has helped. I am just as sore during the day. I'd say the baby is probably engaging (moving into your pelvis...getting ready for birth) I get these urges to stretch and know that its not going to work (I am huge with baby). Ask your doctor if there are any stretches that you can do. Good Luck! Jen
Hey mama! As long as the pains aren't coming every so many minutes, getting longer, stronger and closer together, you "should" be fine. If it really is something that concerns you, then by all means contact your provider. It sounds like your body just making concession for your little one. You could try a pregnancy yoga class or chiropractic care. Good luck and congratulations!
I agree with the other women definately. How are you doing now? What did the doctor say? I hope all is well with you and baby and that you were able to get a hold of your doctor.
My last baby was my very hardest pregnancy and worst labor yet, and that was baby number five for live births and number 6 in total pregnancies. I had lost a baby a few months before I conceived her.
I was in a tremendous amount of pain due to the stretching of the stomach, but also I found my amniotic fluid to be low so I could feel her so much more, plus the hyper activity of the fetus when the fluid is low I found out was common.
If you are ever in pain to the point where it scares you, don't be afraid to call your doctor and have them paged at ANY time day or night. OB's are used to having crazy schedules, it's part of their job, If they are not available they usually have another doctor on call for them.
Like others have said better safe than sorry or I say better safe than in pain. I had natural births with baby number 1, and baby number 3 (who was a VBAC because baby 2 was a C Section) Baby number 4 also was natural child birth and my second VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cecerean Section) and baby number 5 was an emergency C Section, though we tried beyond the advice of the medical staff at the hospital for a VBAC- he pulled rank on them for me. My doctor was incredible and did everything he could to give me a VBac, but he did not want to risk my life or that of my baby and things were very bad in the labor room. I say this to let you know I'm a tough gal, but despite it, when I was pregnant with baby number five the sciatic nerve pain was so bad I was on codiene while I was pregnant. I had to be given even valium once while during an ultra sound just so I could make it to the ultrasound dept in the hospital. The pain would get worse with contractions and twice I had to be completely knocked out just so I could sleep with a shot of pheregen with demerol. Mine was a case of pneumonia for two months and then pre term labor for another 3. I spent almost 5 months in the hospital with contractions 3-5 minutes apart usually and at least 10 min apart constantly stopping the labor for months. It was awful. BUT despite all of that, I am OK and my baby was born premature, but completely healthy and could go home with me and didn't spend time in Neonatal ICU.
I tell you all this to give you hope and to know that no matter how painful or horrible the pregnancy or labor can be, there is hope.
I wish you the best of luck and I'll keep you in my prayers. Talk with your doctor and be assertive but kind to the nurses so they know you mean business about your own health. ;)
