REALLY sore bellybutton!

[PuffsMummie]

I'm 37 weeks and the last couple of days my belly button has been so sore... all of the time it is sore and tender, feels really bruised, then i get frequent sharp shooting pains in it.

It's not yet popped but I guess it will soon.

I feel like baby is physically pushing it out. In fact, when I press my belly button I can actually feel pressure from the other side. It hurts a lot.

No one talks about this... only about how painful birth and then breastfeeding is! Which daunts me, as I consider myself to have a decent pain threshold but this is really really uncomfortable, to the point of me wincing :( :( :(

My sister’s labour pains started in the belly button like that. If this is new then definitely speak to your mw!

@Teddybear45 it is new! I've also had lower back pains, but they come and go.

I dont feel close to labour though, baby is head down but still really high up, and other than the agonising pain in my belly button, I feel fine..

No show or waters or anything yet.

Ok I have text my midwife to see what she thinks as it’s gotten worse. Just got in from a dog walk and honestly felt like I had to hold my tummy the whole walk round. It’s killing me!! I can’t find anything about this online

I had this pain due to my expanding stomach, it felt like my belly button was going to explode and so sore with even the slightest touch off it