Can you feel your uterus?

sunshinegirl72 · December 2009

This may be a dumb question. I was ready a baby book last night and I am 14 weeks pregnant. It says you are able to feel your uterus right above your pelvic bone. Can anyone else feel it?

christina1313 · December 2009

Yep, there is a disctinctive bump between my pelvic bone and belly button... you can really feel it flat on your back.

ToBeMrsT · December 2009

I can tell a difference between where it stops and where it's just my stomach. It's firmer. I always ask my ob where it's at when I see him.

APallitto · December 2009

yep...mine is all the way up to my rib cage now!

homebird · December 2009

I couldn't feel it until later. Around 16 weeks, I think.

anabell0920 · December 2009

Lay on the hard floor on your back. Start at your pubic bone and go finger after finger up from there pushing down. Some people depending on their belly size pre pregnancy can feel the hardness where their uterus is.

sunshinegirl72 · December 2009

My doctor said she felt it at my last appointment, but I sure as heck couldn't tell. I guess it is harder and then gets softer....I keep forgetting how big it is now!

Ciconrad · December 2009

This has always perplexed me because I have never been able to feel it - not in 40 weeks with my son and not in the 25 weeks so far with this pregnancy.

AlishaRichelle · December 2009

My doctor felt it at an appointment (at 16 weeks, I think) and I asked her to "show" me where it was so I knew what I was feeling.

araevg · December 2009

Yep. It's about an inch above my belly button. :-)

APRILMW · December 2009

Nope, I cant find mine!

winomom22 · December 2009

Yes, it is smooth and firm. Mine comes up to just under my belly button. I can really feel it when I have a BH cause then it gets very hard.

laurasue · December 2009

Sure can! First noticed it around 15 weeks. And it's even more noticable in the morning when I have to pee really bad

scubaspot · December 2009

I can feel mine. My doc had me place my hand horizontally across my stomach, like I was going to karate chop myself. He then had me press down and slowly move my hand down my stomach until I was able to feel a slight wall. It wasn't solid but it was firmer than the rest of my stomach. Hope that makes sense.

BriAZ · December 2009

I can only tell at certain times - it helps when I am laying down too. Its a little over halfway to my belly button. I'm sure once we are a little futher along it will be more distinct

sherina825 · December 2009

I think I can. It feels like it's right above my navel. But since this is my first time at the rodeo, I'm not 100% sure about anything I feel.

kate930 · December 2009

Ciconrad:
This has always perplexed me because I have never been able to feel it - not in 40 weeks with my son and not in the 25 weeks so far with this pregnancy.

I think it is crazy how different everyone is b/c it perplexes me that someone can't feel it! You can look at my stomach and see the outline of my uterus. Even my husband could touch my stomach and tell you exactly where my uterus was very early on.

I would say it's b/c I'm small and don't carry fat in my stomach, but aren't you tiny too?