This Sunday I will be 30 weeks pregnant. This week I have noticed an increase in pain. Like a "sore" pain. My lower back hurts by the end of the day - but today it has been bothering me since before I even got out of bed. It hurts to walk, stretch out for something (like a glass of water, while laying in bed), it hurts to get up or even sit down or bend down to get something off the floor.... like the millions of hair I leave around on the restroom floor after straightening it.
I would assume back pain is normal this far along and with having added 18 pounds on me since week 1 of pregnancy.

However at times I also feel dull like cramps very similar to period cramps in my belly area (under the belly button and above where my leggings sit.) They aren't any worst than regular period cramps (when I would feel them) they are very tolerable but just uncomfortable cramps.

Other than that my baby remains as active as usual.
is this just a normal part of the third trimester?