Questions about my pregnancy?? Sorry if TMI!!?

Question

I have a couple of questions about my pregnancy. I'm 24 weeks 4days pregnant today.

1) I've had pressure in my lower abdomen/bladder for about a week. Doctor says I'm not far enough along to begin checking my cervix (which is fine by me)

2) Monday night I woke up to use the RR. Sat on the side of bed before getting up, used RR, came back to bed and edge of bed was wet. Evidently my bladder leaked as I pushed up from the bed, unbeknownst to me. (I was a little embarrassed). *It was not pink in color not "sweet smelling". I'm positive it was urine. :-|

3) Last night I began to have "twinges" in my lower stomach. Almost cramp-y like. More like a grab/hold and release. Nothing painful, just enough that I KNOW it's happening. I also had ALOT of gas pains/pressure.

I'm just wanting to know if this is normal at 24weeks. Are these "cramps" braxton hicks contraction? Is it normal to have incontinence? Is the pressure normal?

I have another appointment with my doctor on Sept 4, but I just wanted to know if anyone else experienced this, or if anyone has any information to offer about it.

Thank you!!!!

Answer 1

i would call and ask your doctor

Answer 2

I would say that the crampy pains are Braxton Hicks contractions. You can try doing Kegel exercises to help with the incontinence, but sometimes it happens anyway when you're pregnant. If it persists and it's really bothering you, you might call your doctor and see if there is something else that you can do. Best of luck to you!

Answer 3

Yeah, I know what you mean. The chair I have pulled up to my computer desk is almost like a bucket and it's happend like 5 or 6 times now where I've sneezed and lost control of my bladder and..peed on the chair :( not so cool, huh.I'm 25 weeks, 3 days and I've been feeling more pressure than usual for the past few days. I started to have those same twinges in my stomach, too. I don't know if they are braxton hicks contractions or what? Well, don't feel bad about peeing; it happens to the best of us, lol. I'm sure there's nothing wrong; maybe the baby's just putting so much pressure on your bladder that you lose control over it sometimes? It happens to me too :) Good luck with everything!