35 weeks and crampy

Hey ladies. I'm currently 35 weeks, I've been having alot of loose bms over the past couple of days and alot of menstrual like cramping. This morning the cramps kinda feel like I need to have a bm. When I last went in to my midwife at 34 weeks she said I was 50% effaced and my baby boy dropped the next day adding alot of pressure. I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same thing?. I'm a ftm so I'm trying to say that it's nothing instead of panicking right away.