15 weeks, shooting pain in cervix

[EllaChloe]

Hello Mumsnet friends,

I'm 15 weeks pregnant today and over the past weekend I've had some uncomfortable shooting pains on my cervix, it really feels like a quick lightning bolt which only lasts a second. It's not really painful, just uncomfortable. Had it on and off during the weekend, not much today to be honest, it has only just started again a little. I have no bleeding, no spotting and even the usual discharge hasn't changed at all. I read around here that it could be lightning crotch?
Anyone here who had the same around the same week of pregnancy and nothing concerning came out of it?

Before anyone asks, I've been trying to get in touch with my midwives (both the hospital team and my assigned midwife) literally all day but no one picks up the phone or calls me back after the voicemails I left, how does one speak to a midwife anyway?

Thank you in advance for any advice 🙂

Sounds very much like what's called 'lightning crotch' - no rhyme or reason to why it happens, but it's common and not harmful

Thank you @LavenderSweetPea, that's what I'm inclined to believe as well. It would be nice being able to speak to a midwife though wouldn't it? I'm wondering if they're all like this everywhere or perhaps I'm unlucky and should transfer care to a different hospital?

Yes it's concerning you can't get through to anyone in case it was a real emergency. In my area, our assigned midwife is just for like 'it can wait' kind of requests - they are meant to get back to you via text in around about 48 hours. But then there's a 'call a midwife' helpline which you call for more urgent things that's what your meant to also call when you are in labour or whatever - i've only called it once and it just rings until someone picks it up and it took 10-15 minutes to have it picked up. Not sure what the process is in your area but do you have something like that?

There's an emergency number that you're supposed to call if you're in labour, I'm not sure if I can call it for anything else. But yeah probably worth texting as well. Thanks again!