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Contractions

38 weeks tomorrow .. How do contractions start? Early in the morning I got this sharp pain like cramps but now my whole stomach hurts it hurts really bad I have to walk slow if I lay down it hurts I'm really worried the baby been active all this time .. Anybody else been thru this? Is my first baby
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6470732 tn?1439556292
Might be some bad Braxton Hick's contractions but it's worth getting checked out in case of an issue you can get a handle on. For me, labor started out like period cramps. They weren't sharp in the beginning but yeah, later on in early labor it was like what yours sounds like. Could be labor. :)
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