i think i've done too much today, now i have a pain.............and i am stressing

[missingmymarbles]

i am 17 weeks. we have rearranged the bedrooms to make way for the baby. i helped dh move all the furniture. i didn't lift anything i felt was really heavy, used my arms rather than abdominals etc. more supported stuff so he could push it around (ie the wardrobes, which were empty), by leaning on it at the end so there was less resistance, iyswim. anyway, now i have a pain, just above my pubic bone to the side. my head says it's probably nothing and just to take it easy for a while, but my irrational side is worrying that i have done something to my bump. i haven't felt baby move much today, probably because i have been busy, but s/he seems to have woken up and i can feel lots of movement now. please tell me i am just being daft and hormonal

and now i have just burnt the rice to the bottom of the pan because i was mumsnetting - oops!

I have had similar sounding pain, generally when I have been doing lots (e.g after carrying shopping up the steep hill to our house) - it felt like a pulled/stretched muscle to me. I found that it eased off after sitting quietly and resting for a while.

In the end I put it down to ligaments or muscles stretching.

If the pain doesn't easy and you are still concerned, speak to your midwife.