Contractions at 27 weeks!

i've just entered my 3rd trimester, and two days ago i was suffering with what i thought was just bad cramps, they came and went for about an hour and a half, then finally stopped after a warm bath and paracetamol.

The same thing happened last night, but with a tightening feeling around my tummy, so i tried all the usual things, but the pain got unbearable, and i found myself in a ball, in tears. Nothing seemed to help.

Anyway, I called my midwife who said it would be best to go into hospital and get checked over (as i've had a few problems thus far in my pregnancy)
I got to see a doctor pretty much as soon as i arrived and they told me my baby is quite big, and had maneuvered himself into an awkward position (most likely an arm or a leg) and got stuck, which put pressure on my waters, causing contraction like pains. After a little while baby was moved manually, and the relief was unbelieveable.
They've assured me it's not premature labour, and there has been no damage done to me or my baby.

I was hoping someone could shed light on this for me as it never happened to me in my first pregnancy, and I cant seem to find anything on the internet that is relevant to my situation.
Is there a medical term for whats happened? or is it just me being a wuss and my baby being a fidget?

Thankyou 🙂

I experienced something similar with my middle baby. He layed in a transverse positon for weeks (across me with his head one side and bum the other). I suffered with awful pain during the pregnancy and backache that had me in tears. One day I had terrible pain, not just braxton hicks but full on contractions. I couldn't sit or lay down, I was at my nan's house and I couldn't drive home because the pains were so strong and frequent that I wasn't able to sit in my car still enough to drive. Anyway I put up with it for a couple of hours until it eased off and I drove home. The next day I was booked with the midwife anyway and she said it was my body contracting to try and move the baby as he was in a bad position. I was around 7 months pregnant at this stage. It did continue to be a very achey/painy pregnancy and definately the most uncomfortable of my three, but he got into the right position himself about three weeks before he was born; and although I thought I'd have hm early with all the pains I'd had he was 3 days late!

That sounds exactly like what happened with me!

Hopefully the rest of the pregnancy will fly by without too many complications 😀
Thankyou for putting my mind at rest. And im glad everything turned out well for you 🙂
x