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

[lissy]

Ive had this uncomfortable pressure deep down on my pelvis on & off over the last few weeks. It's not painful exactly just a very uncomfortable heavy feeling on the inside ITMS?

It's hard to explain but its a feeling like something heavy is pushing down on that area & feels a bit tight, like muscle soreness but often in the same place.

Is this just bub moving in an awkward position, ligaments stretching & tightening or do you think its braxton hicks?

I thought for sure it would be too early for them but read a few other posts on here from ladies around 18 plus weeks that were getting them too.

[Tish]

Sorry, I don't remember any downwards pressure when I had BH. Whenever I did have BH though they were pretty much painless, and my belly went tight as a bowling ball. Might be just bubs pushing things about?

[Janie]

It doesn't sound like the BHs I had.......they more made my belly go all tight and hard, and sometimes I had to stop what I was doing while I waited for it to pass. But they only lasted 20 seconds or so, and then would disappear.

[eza]

Yeah with my BHs, my belly went really hard and tight and would leave me a bit breathless. When bub's was rolling from one side to the other (he would do this several times a day!) i would feel lots of pressure, not so much downwards tho but out to the sides. Sorry not much help.. Good luck with rest of pg.

[Fleur]

It sounds to me more like things moving & stretching than BH. Or that you are noticing the extra weight of bub, uterus etc.

[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!!