Nearly Full Term and Pain

With my last one I had crazy pain/ pressure from like 7 months on. Come to find out I had a varicose vein, lovely.... I delivered him no problem vaginally though ;) With this one, I am almost 37 wks and he is a mover BIG time! I do have some groin pain and I have dealt with a lot of sciatic pain. But mine hasn't been flipping head up head down, he just seems like he is trying to stretch out in there!! Plus he is up pretty high, which gets pretty uncomfortable at times. I am having contractions and some pressure but last time it was nuts and I delivered just fine and I have never had the fibroid issue. Congrats and have a great delivery!!

The day I went into labor with my daughter, she was pushing on my pelvic bone. I had driven to the store to pick up a prescription for hemorhoids (fun pregnancy stuff, no?) and ever bump/dip in the road I went over I wanted to screech. About 4 hours later was when I realized I was actually starting labor.

I can't say that it was an indicator of labor (she was a week ahead of her due date, and all of her labor was different than with my son... soooooo)... but I DID feel her pressing on the bone. Coincidentally, she was breech 2 weeks prior to that. We ended up doing external version at about 37 weeks when she still hadn't turned. It was a grand success.

I'm over 38 weeks and feel tons of pressure...basically everywhere. Have felt it for months, but now, of course, it is much worse. I also have a fibroid, so now after you make mention of your, I wonder if it makes the pain/pressure worse. This is my third baby, but during my first, my doctor was able to tell by the location of the fibroid that it would not be in the way of a vaginal delivery. I'm surprised that your doctor isn't sure. Are you sure your baby still has enough room to make a complete flip. I'm having lots of contractions but am not dialated. I was told that at this point the baby won't flip. I guess it depends on how much room is left in there. Wishing you lots of luck and an easy delivery. After my deliveries, the pain I was having was gone immediately. I could finally move again. I hope you experience the same.

The few weeks prior to delivery can have some pretty excruciating moments. Not much room for the baby to move and they rub against a lot of our parts and make us sore and cause sharp pain. It's pretty normal. It's that last bit of pressure that makes us say "Lets get this thing out of me no matter what it takes".

Late pregnancy is uncomfortable no matter what.
At least that was my experience.
I'm pretty small framed, so I just ached.
My daughter, my first baby, was head down basically my entire pregnancy.
Because of my size and some other issues, I was monitored very closely and she just always seemed to be head down and stayed that way.
My son was a different story. He actually was head down the day before I went into labor and guess who decided he needed a different view of his little world at the last minute.
Long story short, I still didn't have a c-section.

If you have to get a c-section, just remember that all that matters is a healthy baby and healthy mom.
In the meantime, just remember that all this discomfort will fade from memory once you have your baby in your arms.

Very best wishes.