Is it normal to have sharp pains shooting to my groin?

Question

I'm 32 weeks tomorrow and I've been having these sharp pains that shoot from my lower abdomen to my groin for about almost 2 weeks now. In the past week, however, it's gotten worse. Sometimes I'll get the pain and it stops me in my tracks and sometimes I have to grab onto something for support. I do get braxton hicks but this pain isn't that and I don't know what it is or if I should be worried. I also have really bad back pain but my doctor has been having me go to physical therapy since about 16 or 20 weeks. Sometimes it helps my sciatica but only for a couple days max, but since my last appointment (last Wednesday and when the sharp pain in my front started to hurt more) the pain shifted to the bottom of my tailbone (instead of favoring one side) and it feels as if I fell on my butt and now my pelvis is super sore. I remember having some pain with my first born, but I don't remember having this pain. Is it normal or should I be worried and call the doctor?

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welcome to the wonderful world of lightning crotch. I have been this problem for about half my pregnancy because he is so low, worse when I lay for awhile. I can barely walk in the morning haha

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“Lightening crotch”. It’s when the baby is low enough to hit a certain nerve just right. If this is what you are experiencing outside of your back	ailbone pain, then this is completely normal. With my first I had it so bad the week before he was born, I was walking to my car after a Target trip and almost couldn’t finish my walk bc it hit so hard and so suddenly!!