hey there i have got the internet's top questions about lightning crotch so if it's something that
you have been curious about i'm going to answer your questions today we're going to do it in a
rapid fire style five minutes on the clock let's get started now where is lightning crotch located
so it is located in your garage more specifically when people say that they're feeling lightning
crotch it's usually in your vagina sharp shooting pains in the vagina up on the cervix is lightning
crotch normal yes lightning crotch is normal most people at one time or another in their pregnancy
experience lighting crotch so it is very common as well is lightning crotch the same as braxton hicks
no so braxton hicks is when we see feel a tightening of our uterus
and that is usually felt sort of all over the uterus a lot of times up high lightning crotch is
when our baby is either kicking punching or their head is down near our cervix so that is going to
be a low sharp shooting pain not that tightening type of feeling that the braxton hicks has
is lightning crotch a sign of labor no not a sign of labor is increased lightning crotch a
sign of labor no also not a sign of labor even if it's increased now we usually see
lightning crutch happen near the end of our pregnancy so we might have an increase in
the lightning crotch feelings is lightning crotch a sign of dilation so it's not a sign of dilation
however your cervix might be affected by that pressure that the baby is pushing on it or hitting
it kicking that cervix as baby puts pressure on the cervix the cervix can thin can soften
and can sometimes dilate so it can be a result but it's not um a sign that that dilation is happening
in light can you have lightning crotch in the first trimester not no not a first trimester
thing you might be having if you're feeling kind of sharp shooting pains that might be uh round
ligament pains that you can be feeling that's more of on your abdomen that the front part of
your abdomen and not in your vagina or on your cervix can lightening crotch break your water
so no now can you be experiencing lightning crotch when the baby has a big movement and stretches and
then your water breaks yes but i would say that's pretty unlikely like can lightning crotch last all
day i would say no lightning crotch is a sharp shooting pain it's usually sudden that comes on
and usually leaves pretty suddenly as well if you have are having a lot of lightning crotch
throughout your day i would probably give a call into my care provider just to give them a heads up
and let them know what you're experiencing but it's not something that you're going
to be experiencing usually for a long extended amount of time how to alleviate
lightning crotch in pregnancy so you can reduce your likelihood of experiencing lightning crotch
by really taking more slow transitional movements so if you are going to get out of your car if you
are going to get out of bed um or when you get out of car when you get out of bed doing that a
nice slow and deliberate way not sort of popping out of bed and popping out of your car and those
quick sudden movements if you do it more slow and deliberate you're going to have a
less of likelihood to experience lightning crotch also if you are exercising regularly
you should have experienced less and the other thing you can do is try out a belly band to
kind of support your belly if you feel like your belly is putting a lot of pressure it's feeling
very heavy near the end of your pregnancy you can try that to try to alleviate the lightning crotch
how to prevent lightning crotch so there isn't a way to prevent
i would say alleviating might prevent it if you take those steps to alleviate but we can't there's
not like a surefire thing for me to tell you that this will prevent lightning crotch can you
experience lightning crotch when the baby moves absolutely the baby's moving kicking punching can
cause that lightning crotch can you experience lightning crotch when walking yes definitely
lightning cros when does lightning crotch start it's usually near the end of your pregnancy in
those last you know five ten weeks of pregnancy that we see lightning crotch
kind of come on is lightning crotch worse at night not necessarily is lightning crutch
worse when lying down maybe for some people but not necessarily worse when you're lying down
can you have lightning crotch and braxton hicks at the same time i would say that is possible maybe
not likely can you experience lightning crotch after urination i would say yes that as the
bladder empties that might bring the baby down and onto that cervix and putting more pressure there
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