I just wanted to know if any women out there had the same problem as me. EVERY time(since the 33th or 34th week)that me and my husband have sex i get period like cramping pains and contractions, that hurt SOOO bad. Every time they get worse, and keep coming for longer periods of time. Today it happened again an still 5 hours later im in pain. They start off REALLY close together(Like 1 min) and end about 6 hours later coming about 15 min apart. Just wondering if anyone else had or has the same problem.
38 weeks tommorrow :)
2007-11-17 14:05:39 · 6 answers · asked by terrica w 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I just had a son 3 months ago and had the same thing happen. It sounds perfectly normal especially considering how far along you are. Sex & orgasms tend to trigger contractions and since your body is already on the fast track to labor they will increase in length & strength. That's part of the reason that sex helps start labor...that and semen helps encourage softening of the cervix.
As long as the contraction become farther apart, less intense and stop they're Braxton Hicks, when they increase in frequecy & intensity and don't stop you're ready to go!
Good luck!
2007-11-17 14:14:07 · answer #1 · answered by Sparks 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you keep having lots of bad contractions that last awhile after sex, stop having sex. Sex is going to send you into labor early.
At 33 wks we had sex, I had very bad cramping & contractions for over an hour that got really close. I went to bed & eventually feel asleep - the next day I was in labor dialated to 4 cm - I should of went to the hospital that night, but by the time I went in, it was too late, I had a bloody show & the labor couldn't be stopped. But lucky for us, we still ended up with a healthy baby.
2007-11-17 16:34:54 · answer #2 · answered by tanner 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like braxton hicks but if they start to come to 5 min apart for hour then you need to go in
2007-11-17 14:17:34 · answer #3 · answered by Adrianne R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sex causes contractions, perfectly normal for them to get more intense at this stage of pregnancy. At thirty eight weeks you're definitely safe. Sex is a good way to get labor going anyhow since semen helps soften the cervix.
2007-11-17 14:18:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be the real thing! My bf took 2 weeks off to fly home for our baby's birth. We had sex when he arrived and within an hour I was in labor. Sex really does work. Good luck and congrats!
2007-11-17 14:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by Freaked out 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i always had contractions after sex but they didn't last that long or were never that painful. you should probably call the labor and delivery ward of the hospital and ask them what to do
2007-11-17 14:12:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hun, if it continues for another hour, then, you are about to be a mommy. GO TO THE HOSPITAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-11-17 14:14:09 · answer #7 · answered by Dragonflygirl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋