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Hello. I used to have this pain with my first pregnancy and it was caused by placenta previa and it fixed itself later in the pregnancy. I hope this is not the case, it could also just be your abdomen stretching and making room for new baby.

I hope you feel better soon!

thank you so much for your reply it really does mean a lot given my state of mind atm!

it feels a bit different to the usual stretching which is why I was starting to worry - I also just got a tiny amount of light brown cm (like a fingertip's worth TMI sorry!) literally just now after going for a walk and now even more concerned

will they detect placenta previa by examination or scan then?

going to call the midwife tomorrow to try and speed things up!

thanks again

You're welcome. They discovered the placenta previa when I had vaginal bleeding at 11 weeks and abdominal pain. It kinda felt like I was going to tear a muscle or something if I did certain movements. All they told me was to be on bed rest/pelvic rest until the bleeding stopped and kept on monitoring it on the next scans. As the baby grew the issue resolved on its own. Tell your midwife what your experiencing and ask if she thinks that may be the problem. Also, since you don't know what is going on at the moment try not to over exert yourself. I hope I was of some help. Hopefully it's nothing serious and its just your uterus/ligaments stretching. <3