Cramps after using the bathroom

[shainamsu]

the subject title is pretty self-explanatory, but i was wondering: do/have any of you gotten cramps (comparable to menstrual cramps) right after using the bathroom? sometimes, if i hold it for just a couple of minutes longer than if i'd gone right away, i have decently painful cramps that can sometimes prevent me from even standing up straight.

i have a dr's appt on friday, and i'll ask her then, but until then, i was just wondering if this has happened to anyone else.

 

[AbidingInHim]

How far along are you could they be braxton Hicks? Do you have to strain, would a stool softener help?

 

[shainamsu]

i'm 33 weeks, and i HAVE been having braxton hicks. these kind of feel like that, but lean much more towards menstrual cramps, whereas the braxton hicks have been an all-over contracting and hardening of the uterus.

no, i don't have to strain -- that's what weird. i think "i have to go the bathroom," then i go to the bathroom with no problems, and when i'm walking out of the bathroom, i start to feel these cramps. it's all very strange.

 

[AbidingInHim]

The only thing I can think of, of course I'm not a doctor, maybe the bowel movement is making room and the baby shifts onto something that is creating the pain.
I will pray for you and the for doctor to have wisdom.
If it happens again before your appointment I would call, just to have peace of mind.

 

[chrislife]

The contracting of bowel and intestinal muscles can make other nearby muscles contract, too, including the uterus. You might just be having a single contraction caused by muscle movement.

---Christina