Diarrhoea and mild cramps at 27 weeks

[shirlls]

I am 27 weeks and in the past few weeks I have started to have diarrhoea and mild crampy stomach. I have had constipation throughout my pregnancy up until recently and now it's diarrhoea and (sorry if tmi!) loose stools very regularly.

I know this will sound ridiculous but I am starting to worry that this means something is changing as I've heard that diarrhoea is a sign of pre-term labour?

 

[rockabillymom]

Pregnancy does a lot of fun things to your bowels. I started getting diarrhea about a week ago and have had constipation throughout my whole pregnancy too. As for cramping it could be BH. If your worried id call the MW/ OB.

 

[MommyJogger]

I could have written this post. For me, the loose stool has pretty much been what's causing the cramping. I had a really severe day and went into L&D thinking something must be up for me to have so much cramping (mine was very much like strong period cramps), and they hooked me up to the contraction monitor and the hb monitor. We sat there for a while and he practiced his muy thai on the doppler thing and they chalked it up to "drink a lot of water to make the cramps less severe and good luck on the toilet". I agree though, if you're worried, peace of mind can go a long way. The pain wasn't nearly as bad when I knew it was just me and not Joseph going through it. Good luck!

 

[Rickles]

I've had this and if always ends in a trip to the loo rather than the maternity ward so I reckon you're just going to have some significant movements and then be fine. Keep your fluids up and take it easy xx

 

[socitycourty]

my bowels have gone back and forth too....as well as the period type pains.

make sure you do drink lots of water, once your little one gets bigger and bigger it causes more bowel discomforts and crampy pains. if you are really worried you should always call L&D but it sounds like something most of us get