They weren't just "bad cramps" and I'm happy I went to the hospital. 31 weeks with an anterior position cervix and contractions.

I had posted on here that I felt like I was having bad menstrual cramps and pain 3 days ago at 31 weeks and 1 day pregnant. Well they were not just cramps. A first they thought I must just be dehydrated and going through "normal pregnancy pains" and seemed to be taking it too lightly. I felt silly for going by the way they were responding. I asked them if they could check my cervix after they did the fetal fibronectin test (tests to see if you are going into preterm labor, came back negative) and the nurse said she could but didn't think we needed to. As soon as she went to check her face and tone changed very quickly. She asked me "Can you feel that?" as I was feeling one of my "cramps" and it turns out I was having real contractions, not Braxton Hicks. I was having one right then and her face changed when she checked my cervix because it was "right there", my cervix is in an anterior position (closer to the front, happens closer to going into labor) instead of the posterior position it should be in... It will not go back to the posterior position and my cervix won't close back up in case anyone else was curious, I asked. (FTM) I had dialated just a small amount too. I am still having the "menstrual like cramps" and contractions, but there is nothing they can do besides me resting. If my water breaks, unusual vaginal discharge comes out, contractions start having a pattern and get more intense or all the other signs of labor happen then I need to go back to the hospital. Until then I rest and stay hydrated. I am happy I went and asked them to check my cervix. I am not bashing any doctors or nurses, my Hospital is great, but at 31 weeks with a negative preterm labor test they weren't expecting that I was having real contractions until they started to pick up speed or an anterior position cervix.

Stay in there little man! 💙