anyone else fed up? 35/36weeks endless braxton hicks, uncomfortable......?

Question

im somewhere between 35 & 36 weeks ( doctors wont decide!!! )
i get braxton hicks alot now sometimes quite painful, and 7mins apart ,i get myself ready to go to hospital and it all stops!!! i have so much pressure in my (erm) bottom i find it hard to sit down but standing and walking really aches my legs.
anyone else going through this?
this is baby # 5 for me so you would think id be used to it but im sooo not!!!
seeing my midwife again on thursday but she wont even look "down there" till the pains pick up or get stronger so no idea if anything is happening. baby has been engaged since around 32wks so the midwife says that why im so uncomfortable.my last 3 babies were all over due so the doctor reckons this baby will be aswell, how will i get through the next 6wks!!!
im getting so fed up i know the longer his inside the better but sometimes i wish he would just vacate my womb!!!!
anyone else had enough this early? how are you coping?

Answer 1

I totally know how you feel. I am 34 weeks and have gallstones. I have regular attacks that are very painful. I have braxton higks daily. I am starting to feel pressure in my pelvic and bottom. Along with shooting pains every now and then. I can't sleep. My back aches all the time. I can't get comforatable when I sit b/c he feels like he is up under my ribs under my right breast. I can't eat much at all these days. B/c of my gallstones I vomit every night no matter what I eat. I keep heartburn from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep. So yes, I am miserable along with you. I am so ready to have this baby. My first came at 36 1/2 weeks so I hope this one follows suit. I am trying to take it one day at a time and take advantage of the short times I do feel good. To either rest or get things done I need to. Good luck. Just hang inthere. We don't have too much longer.

Answer 2

Yeah, i am 38 weeks and been having these intense braxton hicks for the last 9 days.. Sometimes a regular as every 2 mins.. Just praying they turn into real ones soon. I lost my mucus plug last Sunday too but still nothing.. This is my second. My first was 1 week early so i was convinced this one would be early too. Yet, now i think he's gonna be late.. I am so miserable so know exactly how you feeling.. Good luck! Xx

Answer 3

With my second child the doctors kept telling me to go home I had Braxton hicks all during the last month. I got sick of that answer and finally got them to monitor me. It turned out I had been in labour but I'd get right down to 5 mins apart and they'd stop. Eventually, 6 days late, after fifteen hours of 5 mins apart labour they had to break my waters for my son to be born. The problem had been that the umbilical cord, instead of going from the placenta to the baby first went through the amniotic sac like latticework. Obviously not as neatly! They told me that I could have been in labour for days if he came at all and I might have even needed c-section. I was rather glad to eventually have him, especially since I basically had nearly 30 days of labour. Good luck and I hope all goes well.