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I read in my baby book last night that the sharp 'lightening' pains can be caused from dilation. Apparently some women dilate over weeks, instead of days or hours (the book said it usually starts around 35-36 weeks). I wonder if that's why some of us are feeling the pain?
 
My doc said the kicked in the crotch pain is just more stretching of he stomach muscles. I have it frequently. The lightning is more internal zap of pain from inside radiating from your cervix. I only had it once I think. She also said LO should start to engage around 36 weeks, so I guess I can expect way more closer to then.
I'm also on the 5 am wake up. It's such bs. Grrrr....
 
I think lightening is more to do with engagement from what I've read. Second/subsequent mums tend to dilate much earlier, some never have a completely closed cervix in the first place. Either way its no indication of when you will go into labour, in my last due date group one of the first timers was 3cm dilated from week 37 onwards and ended up induced at 41 weeks. Just can happen that way!
 
I've been having serious pain in the last week! I thought I was in labor last night. My BH are NOT painless. Freaks me out, feels like labor. And every now and then I get a sharp KICK from little man. Ugh. I don't think I am making it to 40 weeks!
 
Im finding it almost painful a lot of the time! My belly is always going hard, hes always pushing something out so my skin feels close to splitting and when he does he pushes down at the same time so my hoo haa kills!

I keep getting period pain, lower back pain, kicked in my crotch feeling, shooting pains In my hoo haa...

...ALL THIS AND IM NOT EVEN BLOODY ENGAGED!!! Lol

Argh, im counting down the days! :) x
 
I am with you girls. This is very painful and not comfy at all. I'm over it, and I just want my baby.
 
my belly has been incredibly itchy the last week. so bad that i had to go get some calamine lotion today. my feet are swollen, i can't get comfortable at night, i have weird achy sharp pains, my hips feel like they're going to crack in the middle of the night. i just want this kid out already!

let's all have a moan :)
 
Haha ladies I'm the same. It appears 34-35 weeks must be the turning point.

I hurt everywhere all day yesterday. Had quite a few BH in the morning and almost found myself hoping it was labour! I think she was just at a funny angle and pushing lots and I was sat uncomfortably in the car and those things combined made my belly keep going hard. Then if we drove over a bump it really hurt and poor DH felt all guilty - not his fault as our roads are terrible right now with potholes.

Plus no sleep the night before made me really grumpy and my hips hurt. And we went to his mums and her boyfriend made a curry which was nice but then gave me stomach acid and horrible burps all day.

Then last night we got in bed and I was almost comfortable and then DH farted and it was awful so I had to roll over and I was so angry and tired and miserable then that I just laid and cried in my bed that stank of fart.

Slept well though thankfully (until now - woke up starving so am just having some cereal then I'll go back to bed for a couple of hours) we're having a new tumble dryer delivered today sometime between 7am-7pm so I imagine it'll come at 6:58 and I'll be housebound all day. Which I'm sort of hoping for as it means I can just potter about and sew and things.
 
It's funny reading all the comments because I felt like you last time round (first pregnancy), I felt like it was going slowly, had HG sickness, SPD and then at 32 weeks I slipped the discs in my back so was in ridiculous pain and could barely move for weeks. I remember wishing away the pregnancy and not making the most of my 'me' time which to be honest even when the baby was born I wasn't bothered that I had wished that time away as I was so happy to have her with me but this time it's so different! I have had sickness but big HG, SPD has been manageable and my back is surviving at the minute. I now look back and am deeply jealous of all the time you get to relax and do your own thing as I have no time to myself to chill this time however I am so thankful for the time I also have with my DD on our own while we still have it that I don't mind the next 5 weeks going slowly! I know it's going to be manic when the baby arrives so quite enjoying the slightly normal life I live now! Of course I'm looking forward to meeting the baby but I'm making the most of this time while I still have it!!
 
Just had my 34 week appointment and I'm 3/5 engaged! I knew the baby had dropped a bit because of the lightening pains but wasn't expecting that as second timers quite often don't engage until its actually labour time. It's amazing though because I'm not anything like as uncomfortable as I was the first time around - although guess that could change at any time! Exciting though!
 
Wow Hann that does explain the pain. How exciting though! X
 
Exciting Hann!!!! Once they're engaged is that them in there for good? Or could baby pop out again?
 
I think for first timers that once they are engaged then they stay that way but just read that subsequent pregnancies as your pelvis is bigger and stretched it can go in and out, not for everyone but definitely for some people. So I guess it could stay this way or wriggle free for me lol! At least it's getting to know where it's meant to be going anyway ;)
I'm not taking it as a sign of possible early labour anyway as the mw thinks I'll go pretty much on my due date going by my last pregnancy and to be honest I'm happy with that. At the moment early would not be good!!
 
doc told me i was engaged last time i went (34 weeks). he said that once babies are head down and engaged, only 1% of them switch positions. interesting!

i didn't realize that an engaged baby meant more pain, but now it makes sense!!!! no wonder i've been so uncomfortable!!
 
That's interesting jtink, I googled online and quite a few people said that they (as subsequent) pregnancies had engagement but then it went out again. Could be that it's still a minority though. Will be interesting to see if its still engaged in 2 weeks anyway!
 
it's weird - i can very clearly feel baby's head (weird!!), and he's been head down for awhile. he's never been a super active baby, so i have a feeling he'll stay engaged. i hope!
 
Mines the opposite always on the move! I wouldn't be surprised if mine disengages but not worried as its normal, it's going to come out sometime anyway! :)
 
Hann, exciting to hear there has been a bit of a descent! Hoping though that LO stays there until you get closer to your due date - from what I've read walking round with something that feels like a bowling ball between our legs doesn't sound good! Ouch!

x
 
Oo, I've just realised, its 1 April. I'm going to be a Mummy this month! :)
 
hello ladies i hope your all well, i'm utterly exhausted today after chasing DD around the park for a bit!

baby is head down so thats a relief and i've won my battle with the hospital, i get to stay on the island at the MW unit instead of going to aberdeen at 38weeks with DD and waiting about to go into labour
 
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