Premature labor signs?? 29+5.

Brittany • wife to henry, mama to norah + chloe

I’ve been going back and forth with myself all day on if I should call the on-call doctor. I’m 28+5 and just to put it out there, I’m incredibly stressed all the time. I know stress can cause preterm labor. I’ve been getting these deep menstrual cramps all day and earlier I went to sit down and I felt like a very small gush but I know that sometimes I get that with discharge. I went to the bathroom because I figured I’d better wipe it away but there wasn’t a lot of anything there. My panty liner was indeed wet but not soaked or anything. TMI but I did smell it to see if it was urine or discharge but it was completely odorless and colorless. That was a little red flag. Then I got diarrhea which my 2 year old has her first cold right now. She also has diarrhea but I’m not experiencing anything else she is like the fever, congestion, runny nose, etc. Now I’m having more menstrual cramps and they feel a bit more intense and I feel nauseated. I tried laying on my left side but they never changed much. I’m hoping I’m just dehydrated so I’m drinking water too but I really want to avoid the hospital. I feel like it’s not that serious? Plus my husband is at work, he’s closing manager tonight so he cannot leave whatsoever and I don’t want to go to the hospital by myself with my sick 2 year old. I can’t watch her and have them look at me too. I guess what I’m trying to get at is that can stress in general just make me feel this way without it being anything serious? I was on google and i read a couple articles that said Braxton Hicks can be more intense the second pregnancy and they’re more common in early third trimester where I am? I don’t really remember what contractions pre-waters breaking felt like because my labor was augmented so they broke my water and that’s all they did to start labor. So I felt true labor contractions only. My muscles are also sore on my lower belly like it’s rlp or something before the menstrual like cramps come and I feel like I have to pee more? I know these all sound like major red flags but I really don’t want to go to the hospital for nothing.

I tried to edit the stupid title but it won’t let me. I accidentally typed 29+5 and hit submit before I noticed.

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