I too felt sore after being poked and prodded.

Before pregnancy, I never really had a waist. The space between the bottom of my ribs and my hip bone was about 1.5 inches! Then at about 8 months pregnant it was well over 3 inches. That how far up my ribs were pushed by Lily. Now it's about 2 inches space between. It was really bizarre. For the first time, i actually had a waist...of some sort, lol.