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37 weeks and 2 days pregnant with very intense lower back pain and some stomach tightening is this possibly labor?

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Go to your Ob unit..: Sounds like contractions. If you think you might be in labor, you need to be evaluated at the hospital where they can check your cervix and monitor you for contractions to see if this is the real thing or false labor. Best wishes!

Answered 9/6/2015

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