crapming....

i didnt know if this was normal or a question to ask a midwife or a doctor so thought i'd check in here!!!!!....
for the past week, off and on i have been experiencing some pretty painful cramps, like when you are about to have "the runs" and even noise associated with it, but nothing comes out! my bowel movments (TMI) are normal, soft etc... not runny or constipated.
i feel lots of pressure in my "bum" and honestly think im going to poop... but like i say, it just is crampy.

my baby is moving normally, and i have been having some tightenings, as well as dull aches and cramps, just wondering if any one else has experienced the kind of OUCHY pain without any poop?

does it sound like gas or wind? i wouldnt know.... but it hurts lots, and i have a high pain threshold. it starts up high and im almost certain it has something to do with bowels, its just everything seems normal too?....

any ideas???

thanks heaps (you'll all prob tell me to talk to midwife but is it more a doc thing? or totally normal? i havent had it in my other pregnancies.)

Edited by mum2emj

Sounds ouchy. If in doubt, give your midwife a ring - that's what she is there for, you won't be bothering her. It sounds like an irritable bowel - like you can get if you have too much raw fruit etc, however it's always better to ring the [free] midwife before racing off to the [usually expensive] doctor.
Good luck and I hope you feel better soon!

thanks caraMel, sounds pretty much exactly what im feeling and we are due near each other....... and thanks maree!, if it does keep doing it i will talk to midwife i just hate feeling like im being a pain (and im slightly embarrased! stupid i know!)

It's funny how we all avoid ringing our midwives!!! I have to be rolling over in pain and for it still to be daylight before I even contemplate ringing her - even though she gets paid for 24/7 care.

Ive been a bit the same, not majorly painful but often thinking ok is this going to come to something or not.

LMAO @ Jax Such a classy lass aren't ya?