Uncomfortable downwards/heavy pressure. Could this be braxton hicks?

[Lisa B]

I'm further along than you, but I often feel like I have a bowling ball in my lower pelvic region. I think this is because my bub is engaged. Maybe it's your bub's weight that you are feeling.

[lissy]

I'm further along than you, but I often feel like I have a bowling ball in my lower pelvic region. I think this is because my bub is engaged. Maybe it's your bub's weight that you are feeling.

Lisa B you may be right. This is exactly how I feel sometimes, like I have a small bowling ball sitting on my pelvis!

[timeforafamily]

Yeah Lissy, sounds all OK to me, ligaments stretching, the muscles underneath strengthening up, with or without BH going on. I had that intermittently from 20 weeks onwards. BH would happen if I'd been sitting for a while and then just suddenly stood up. Got a tightening right underneath. Your pelvis will be widening out. Just remember to sit and move like a man and later in the pregnancy, yes, waddle when you walk, a nice wide gait. I read a physiotherapists book about reducing pelvic instability, (many physios don't know all this). Protect the pelvis with a wide stance as this helps avoid pelvic instability that can also cause pain lower down. Lots of relaxin hormone flooding those joints!!