sharp pain :(

[maybebaby23]

Hi guys,

Im 23 weeks and this morning i bent down to pick up DF's dirty socks (he is SO well and truely in the doghouse when he gets home!!) and i had a sudden really really sharp pain just below my ribs on the right hand side of my stomach. It really hurt and i could hardly breathe it was so sharp. I just stood there for 5 mins rubbing it and actually sweating (prob panic as well as pain!)

That was about 2 hours ago now and the sharpness went after 5 mins. Now its just a bit achey, and around my side and back too. Baby seems fine still wriggling away in there.

Does it sound like ligaments or something? I only bent down,i do that all the time with having a 3 year old! Im all anxious now and hoping someone can put my mind at rest Dont think i need to call midwife as im fine now. Anyone had anything similar?

Thanks for reading x

Hi ya

Yeah i get this all the time if i bend down or stand up too quickly. Its just like a stabbing pain which goes away when you rest and then you feel ok.
I was told by my midwife that its your ligaments moving and stretching and your bodies way of telling you to do things slower.

Hope this helps

Sorry forgot to say, im 22 weeks

I had really bad ligament pains when I was pregnant and it is just as you described, a stabbing pain on the right side of your bump. If you are worried it is worth calling the midwife just to check. I found that a warm bath every day helped, if you can find the time with a 3 year old!

yeah I get it too. Not very often, but once is enough tbh! (30wks)

Oh thanks a lot guys! I never had it with DD just achey on the sides of bump. Gosh it was painful and im scared of it happening again now Also i thing baby has changed position as im feeling kicks higher up quite near to the painful area...very strange for me as DD was breech the whole way through so i have only ever felt kicks really low down! Maybe this is what caused the pain too as well as bending fast? No idea but thanks a lot for reassuring me.x