Back ache

[wannabenewmum]

Anyone got any idea how I can tell the difference between labour and back ache, I woke with backache which I generally don't suffer with any way I been trying to ease it by leaning on my ball but it's still there I been up since 715 am, I occasionally get a tight feeling on bump but not enough to scream labour how long would u wait till seeing midwife ??

 

[HappyHome]

Any other symptoms?
Keep an eye on the timings of tightenings they could well be early contractions
I'm not sure if a MW would have you go to hospital just on back ache at 36weeks, but I could be wrong, they always say to call no matter how trivial things seem.

 

[wannabenewmum]

I went to toilet earlier and had a thick clumpy discharge heavily streaked with brown about thesizeof 50 p back stopped for abit and then started again I guess I shud just keep an eye so to speak lol

 

[brandonsgirl]

You will notice the pain getting progressively worse and the tightening's becoming more regular and longer if its labour. How are you doing now?

 

[george83]

My labour started as just back ache, I woke up with it the day I went into labour. It was a slightly different back ache to anything I'd had before but I'm not sure how it just felt different. By the afternoon I was having what I thought were bh but were actually contractions, I'd keep an eye on it and maybe phone if it stays the same for a little while.