shooting pain

[justiny1232]

I've been laying in bed for a couple hours now and have started experiencing VERY bad shooting pain in my vaginal area ...feels almost like a knife or being tazed ! I have to like flex my legs when it happens ,it's pretty painful. Does anyone know what this may be ? It's not going away

[manantiel29]

:) your welcome and our babys are close to being here yayyy

[nickmum]

Thanks manantiel29. That was so helpful I'm 37weeks n having the same pain n can't even sit on ma vagina for long.

[manantiel29]

Okay that i got off of Google

[manantiel29]

actually, i have the same sharp pains in the same place, and my doctor said that it's because the baby is burrowing his head deeper into the pelvic canal, and ends up pushing on nerves - then those nerves respond with the sharp "lightning rod" feeling. the pressure from the baby pressing is also expanding the pelvis, so that also is more reason for the pain. contractions feel more like a tight tight tightening around the entire uterus - sort of like (bad analogy) you put a plastic bag over your head and breathed in all of the air to where it was tight against your head - that's what it's doing to the baby's body. when they get closer to the delivery, they'll be accompanied by menstrual type cramps.

[manantiel29]

Oh ask ur doctor tomorrow 4 me will u i dont see mine untill Monday:( i wonder what that sharp pain is though i heard u can get it b4 you go into labor

[justiny1232]

I'm not sure if I'm dilated or not. I have an apt tomorrow morning

[manantiel29]

Following this post this is happening to me as well uber bad im 36 weeks and im already 50% effaced what about u are u dilated yet

[justiny1232]

*****I am 37 weeks +4