Feeling really low, painful kicks from baby in breech position

[Star15]

Hi

Does anyone have experience of having a baby who is in breech position and feeling really low, painful kicks (right down below, sorry for TMI! At times today it really felt like the baby was coming out!) I called the hospital assessment line and they said only to worry if I had any bleeding or if there was any sign of the waters breaking. She said to take painkillers if needed.

I do feel quite sore from all the kicking, hope the baby was just stretched out and I won’t get those sorts of kicks again for a while at least! As well as the pain it’s a really odd, uncomfortable sensation and made me worry something was wrong but the assessment line reassured me.

Has anyone had anything similar?! X

[Cheekymonkey85]

Does it feel like you're being kicked in the foof from the inside?

This is common, sometimes known as lightening crotch 🙈 very uncomfortable but normal xx

[Star15 in reply to Cheekymonkey85]

Haaaaaa, yes that’s exactly what it feels like! Very disconcerting! Lightening crotch, that is awesome 😂 Thanks for reassuring me it’s normal x

[Leannefb]

Yes I am having this at the moment. It can be very uncomfortable I have an anterior placenta so only ever feel movements low down but these past couple of days he has been stamping on my bladder and foo also. I feel your pain xx

[Star15 in reply to Leannefb]

Ah thanks for sympathising, it’s not fun, is it?! I need the loo about 99% of the time too 🙈 Things have got better since earlier in the day thank goodness so hopefully I’ll get a break from the kicking down there for a while now! Hope you’re doing ok x