Head Engagement Pain

[Lynw]

Hi Everyone
I'm 37+1 today and my baby's head has been engagd for about 2 weeks now -he is between 3/5 and 2/5 engaged. I have been feeling pressure down below and the odd sharp pain, which is fine, but at night for the last few nights I have been getting low back ache and really bad cramping pain in my lower bump, so much that it wakes me up and I have to get up and move around for the pain to stop. It goes quite quickly and I go back to sleep but it sometimes happens more than once.

Does anyone else have this? Is it the pressure from the baby's head, is it braxton hicks? I keep thinking that if this hurts alot now, how will I be able to cope with real contractions and labour - lol!!

xx

 

[crazylilth1ng]

I get this at night too, my babys head us also very low and at night I'm woken with quite nasty lower bump pains... Even get my hopes up that it's labour but then I realise it's pressure.

I also get stabbing pains in my upper thighs when I roll over in bed or sometimes when I'm walking. I'm getting fed up of it tbh.

 

[NicolaWynne]

I get this! im 38w today and i keep hoping its going to turn into real contractions.. but nope x