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Do you get lower back cramps when you are about to start your period, or when you’re on your period

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That's the main spot I get my cramps in. Lower back and hips.

okay I still haven’t got my first period after having my daughter but these past 2-3 days I been feeling cramps and in my lower back and I have health anxiety so I’m all worried😭

I haven't got mine either. About a week ago I also felt cramps for the first time and I thought for sure I was gonna start any minute. I went to bed and when I woke up they were completely gone 🤷‍♀️ and I haven't felt them since. Is your anxiety from like thinking you're pregnant again? Or like there's something wrong? I'm sorry you're having anxiety but I do know it can take some people a whole year to get their period back.

it’s from thinking something is wrong with my health 😩 I’ll have weird fuzzy/tingling head feeling and think I have a tumor or something it’s sooo exhausted I overthink so much

I'm sorry 😞 that in it self can just be a symptom of your anxiety. But you should go to the doctor and get checked out just so you can have some reassurance that everything is fine.

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Yes, it's worse than my front cramps

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I was getting pretty painful period cramps and during those, I had painful lower back cramps. I had these on and off for like a few hours so from about 10:30pm to 1am?

I’ve had no show, or anything like that.

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