35 and 3- felt muscle pain in groin area today when bending over??

[Cpaterson56015]

First time pregnancy- so unsure if this is normal or not? Was walking the dog today and had to bend down to hold her as another dog was going by when I suddenly felt this strong muscle tightening pain in my groin/vaginal area, took my breath away slightly but as I slowly stood up it loosened off and disappeared. It happened a few more times on the walk when I was bending over but has gone completely now. Heard a comment about it possibly being the baby moving into position but I don't know? Can anyone help me out?

First, congratulations! Not long to go now!

It could be a number of things: baby moving, ligaments stretching, Braxton-Hicks contractions; whatever it is, I wouldn't worry about this sort of pain at your stage of pregnancy, it's very common. Maybe you could try bending down from the knees instead of the waist. Hope this helps.

Thank you:) it's not happened at all today so I reckon you could be right! Just need to be more careful, because I've not done this before, I tend to forget I'm pregnant sometimes and that my ability to do things is the same as it was before when it certainly isn't the case ! Thank you