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"crotch zingers" when bouncing on birthing ball - sign of helping or sign to stop?

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ardenbird · 30/03/2012 16:40

So my waters broke yesterday and still no contractions - 0cm dialation as of this morning, with posterior cervix.

I started trying bouncing on the birthing ball, and I'm getting what people have described as "crotch zingers": little shooting pains that probably have to do with the baby pressing on the cervix. Is this a sign that the bouncing is working and could help encourage contractions? Or is it something that I should stop, since it hurts? It's not very painful, so I am happy to keep going if it could bring on labour. But in normal life, pain is a sign not to do something - so I wouldn't want to do something that could hurt the baby or make eventual labour more difficult.

Does anyone know?

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