I am 6 mos. pregnant with # 3. I am pretty swollen down there, especially on the right side. But also on the right side I have a funny lump, right on top of my pubic bone. It is kind of a soft lump and I can push it down. When I stand or walk it kind of burns, feels like it is pulling ripping, etc. Basically, it hurts like heck and I feel like if I put pressure on it, it feels better. Also, sitting or laying down makes the pain go away. I thought hernias happened in the abdominal wall or the groin but this is neither. What could be bulging out of it? Anyway, I am doing some research online and am not sure if that is what it is. Will talk to OB about it tomorrow but in the meantime, has anyone had anything like this?
**Thank you, Marda. I guess I thought the groin was the whole area down there.
Just saw my OB. It IS an inguinal hernia. Yuck! He says it will have to be operated on and since I need to have a c-section for medical reasons, they will do it at that time.
Im having the same problem, but im 37 weeks. I had an OB appt today and asked my doctor about it. She said its normal pregnancy pains and swellling is plenty normal too. Its extra pressure from the baby apparently and it can cause lumps. When I walk around it seriously feels like someone is trying to pull my legs out of the sockets in my pelvis.
I didn't have any bumps but did have the severe pain you are talking about - it was horrible with baby #3. My pubic bone separated. After giving birth, the pain was much worse but slowly got better. It heals on it's own after the baby is born. That would be my guess but please discuss with your OB! Good luck.
It sounds exactly like a vericose vein to me too. I had that with both of my pregnancies and I could actually trace the vein on the back of my right leg all the way up and under my pubic area to the right side. It would swell up and be very painful pretty much all the time and made even walking difficult. The only thing that I found that would help was to try not to stand, as much as I could. I'm so sorry to hear that you are going through this too. I guess it's pretty common, though, and you shouldn't be bothered with it after baby comes out. Happy thoughts!
Just fyi, over the pubic area is not in the groin. The groin is the space between the pubic bone and the hip joint where the body and the leg join. I suggest that this could be an abdominal muscle but I haven't had experience with pain there. I've had pain a bit higher in the lower abdomen and it was stretched abdominal muscle.
It could be vericose veins. I had them during my 2nd pregnancy and didn't find out till one of my last visits before my son was born. They went away right after he was born and do occasionally bother me during my period. There was just another post about this recently you may want to look them up.
Please make sure it's not a demoid. I went in for a hernia surgery for the same symptoms and it actually was a demoed tumor. Rare, yet a possibility especially as a result of pregnancy.
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Please make sure it's not a demoid. I went in for a hernia surgery for the same symptoms and it actually was a demoed tumor. Rare, yet a possibility especially as a result of pregnancy.
