I just hit 20 weeks last Thursday and last night I noticed something strange. I was laying on my back in bed and I noticed that my belly was unusually hard...like I could clearly feel the outline of my uterus (I assume that's what it was, anyway) and it was firm and hard. It's been firm sometimes lately, but not like that....I've never felt the ( Read more... )

 I am 8 weeks postpartum and have a low-lying uterus that has not gone back to its regular size. I also have weak Kegel muscles. I get really weary during vaginal exams (and needles, anything medical, really...) so I sort of stared at my midwife blankly as she was telling me this ( Read more... )

For those of you with baby bumps..I know they are very solid but do they start that way? I have a noticeable bump (ie, that I can't suck in and is rounder than normal pudge) but it isn't terribly solid. I assume it is mostly bloat and/or water or something like that so my question is, does it still count as a bump ( Read more... )

So, I am currently 13 weeks. This is my first child ( Read more... )

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I am several weeks from my next midwife appointment so thought I'd pose this here. I've noticed in the past week that my uterus will remain hard for several hours at a time. From what I understand this is not Braxton Hicks, as BH contractions come and go rather than remaining for a prolonged period of time... is that correct? I haven't been ( Read more... )

hey guys, I have a question.. sometimes I get a little ache in the top of my belly, at the top of my uterus I think; if I've been sitting with bad posture for a while, or if I don't have sufficient pillow stuffage at night, or sometimes bending over.. it's not painful too often and it seems to be muscular so I'm not too worried, but was wondering ( Read more... )

Again Google fails...

I'm trying to feel my uterus thru my belly to see if what I'm feeling is contractions. Question is, if I'm carrying around too much fat, will I be able to feel it? Should I be feeling high or low? I STILL can't tell if I'm having contractions at all.

Today I had another OB appointment.  She said my cervix was not dilated at all - and that I was 60% effaced (but not really soft).  She claims that I have a defect - a "heart shaped uterus" - which is causing my baby to lay funny (for lack of a better term).  Instead of his butt being up, it's always to one side or another.  She felt like he wasn't ( Read more... )

A couple of questions:

Question 1:

Is it normal to always hear the baby's heartbeat around the same spot at appointments? I've had three listens so far, and each time they found the baby's heartbeat on the left side between my pelvis and navel. The first was at 12 weeks, and they had to search around a lot before they finally found it (higher than ( Read more... )