Stretching pain?

My stomach the past couple of days has honestly been agony, dull constant pain all over my stomach, today ive really struggled in work and had a little cry in the bathroom 😆 i work in a nursery baby room so picking the children up has really hurt today as they go upto 18months but i feel really guilty and useless bc other pregnant members of staff in the past never had these bad of pains/struggles im not sure what to do tbh

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Yes! Me 🙋‍♀️ especially yesterday. Usually its later in the day but yesterday started earlier! Mine is round my belly button and it hurts to laugh, cough or stand up straight. I often get the ache in my abs lower down but im a runner so find sometimes they ache a bit more the day after a run but the belly button/mid stomach is usually later in the day when my body is tired of being upright 😅

I find lying down for 20mins and using my warm wheat bag relieves it (but not really practical to do at work 😅)

Im also thinking maybe I should do some pregnancy yoga to help keep my muscles supple as they move and stretch-maybe then they wont feel so tight like they are about to snap 😅😅

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