July 2013 Moms
I feel a hard "lump" in my uterus...is that what I think it is?!
This may sound stupid, but I am about 10 weeks along and I have actually lost about 5-6 pounds since I got pregnant due to better diet. Just today I noticed the jeans that I wear all the time were cutting into an uncomfortable spot to the right and a couple inches below my belly button. It was uncomfortable, but not painful. I started feeling around and though my fat roll (LOL) and I feel a hard ball- maybe the size of a golf ball. Is that my uterus/the baby? Is that normal at this stage? Thanks for any advice!
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Re: I feel a hard "lump" in my uterus...is that what I think it is?!
This. I can push on my stomach right above my pubic bone and can definitely tell its harder, but I don't think its baby quite yet. Who knows though, everyone is different!
I don't think that there is a certain date or an easy way to tell. I think it is one of those things where everyone has a different experience. You won't start to show (baby anyway) until it has popped up.
Mine popped up early from behind my pubic bone, but it feels pretty far back and down, like a grapefruit that I can only feel the very top portion of. That's probably of no help to you, ha. My midwife showed me how to feel for mine.
But if it's never been there before and it's right above your pubic bone, it probably is a wee bit of your uterus that you're feeling:) In my completely unprofessional opinion.
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10 weeks, the baby is about 1.5 inches. So I agree that if the hard part is about the size of a golf ball, it's likely something else.
I know from all of my u/ss so far, that I have a few cysts (mostly corpus luetum, but still). I wonder if I can feel mine. I don't try.
I can feel the cysts in my right ovary. It's HUGE though! It used to be that when I was ovulating and about to get my period I could lie down flat on a bed and could actually see it poking out and feel it. It was really gross. Then my early-20s metabolism went away and I gained enough weight that you can't do that anymore.
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