Strong pain on lower side belly

Hello ladies, I am 25 weeks tomorrow and just experienced a couple sharp moments of pain on my right side, right under my belly, roughly where you get period pains (i can only describe them as contraption-like even if I don't know what a contraption feels like).

It lasted a few second twice then went away. Laying down now and it's gone.

I have had period-like mild cramping across lower belly all morning, but i know thats nothing to worry about, just worth mentioning.

Any of you had this? Could it be braxton or ligament? Halp

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I’m overdue and due to baby movements and dropping from 56th to 28th percentile an induction has been advised, which is opposite to what I envisioned. The last week for me has been stressful with hospital monitoring and scans.

The issue is my husband’s sisters have requested for him to give an update on everything, I’m not close to them.

During their labours (even until this day), they explicitly asked him to not share anything with me. To the extent of asking him to not tell me one of their babies was born until weeks later. I understood then and I understand now, neither was I offended by their choices.

Firstly, I want my labour/induction experience to be private and avoid people calling and texting for updates. I don’t think it’s necessary to know what I’m experiencing or receive live updates unless you are my parent, one of my birthing partners or particularly close. All my friends haven’t even asked for regular updates, just a “let me know you’re ok when you’re ready.”

Secondly, something about his sisters wanting updates is particularly triggering for me now.

Just needed to get this off my chest but some of their actions/requests around labour and postpartum are beginning to irritate me.

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