Deni: That sounds like it exactly. I also get relief using firm pressure, but it's not lasting relief. I'll talk to my doctor but if there's nothing that can be done ... I hope it's just a pregnancy symptom and it will go away on its own. I thought I had developed an allergy to bra elastic or something.

Tanstar: That's true, my belly is hanging off that skin. I actually thought last night that it looked like I might be developing stretch marks over my sternum, of all places, which wouldn't surprise me because I do have unexplained stretch marks on other parts of my body.

Tish: It doesn't feel like muscles separating to me. Although your pain sounds more like the rib pain I've also endured which has been quite hellish as well.

Looking forward to pains going away. Come on baby, finish incubating already!