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I know exactly how you feel i cought a viral chest infection last week and have been suffering badly with it - not just the coughing the lack of sleep too.

As for the lower abdominal aches and back aches, i dont know what to say... I think it will just be your ligaments and stomach muscles stretching

all the best x

i would love the answer to the same question cause im 29 weeks today and i get sharp pains in my abdominal pain and back hurts, i dont know if its just that the baby is growing or what?

I recently started having some period like, lower abdominal cramps (i'm 34 weeks) I found out that there actually braxton hicks. Those things are different for different women. Lots of people notice a tightening up/hardening of their stomach along with the crampy feeling, whereas some like myself just have the crampy feeling, so that may be what your going through as well. Sorry I can't help with the bit about asthma and preterm labor as I haven't dealt with anything of the like. Oh and of course back pain, high and low and front pain around the ribcage are all normal as well and may get steadily worse as you go further. At least they have for me. It's just things still stretching and moving around. And also it's completely normal for the little one to be bouncing around like mad in there!! Mine is too. But as always, for peace of mind, bring this all up to your doctor and i'm sure your fine and they'll put you at ease.