Painful contractions but only in the evening... What's going on?!

[elipo123]

Hello All,

This is my first pregnancy and I'm 38 weeks today. The last few evenings I've been experiencing some really bad pains which I think must be contractions (they are painful unlike the BH ones I've been getting up til now). They take my breath away and last for about 30 sec - 1 min each. This has been going on for nearly 3 days but only seems to happen in the evenings for 3-4 hours and I've been able to sleep through them with no pain when I then wake up in the morning.

Does this sound like pre-labour / practice pains? If it were, I'd expect to have the pains spread throughout the day so I'm a bit confused!

Thanks for any advice!

[Spinaroo]

I had this for a good week before I went into labour- I was actually slowly dilating as after a couple days I had a midwife appointment and she confirmed I was 2cm. Baby nit born for another six days! I think you feel
It most in the evening as you are perhaps sitting/ moving about less than in the day. Good luck!

[elipo123]

Thank you Spinaroo - I was thinking it's odd that they are mostly in the evenings! I've got a midwife appointment on Tuesday so will definitely ask her about it then.... I assume they have to do an internal to know if I'm dilating?

[Spinaroo]

Yes, unfortunately- so she may not as you're not full term yet. I was overdue and she was doing a sweep. Still took him another six days- but he was worth the wait!