This is my first pregnancy. I’m 21 weeks tomorrow. I’ve had a very easy pregnancy other than morning sickness, but now I’m starting to feel a lot of different sensations and I want to know if you can shed any light on what ones are normal and which others could be worrisome.

I took a mild “hike” last weekend and felt about half way through that my baby moved low. I can’t stress enough how mild of a hike this is. I walk every day, this was just slightly uphill so I suppose I moved more squat like which could have opened my hips more and baby could have lowered? Worrisome or normal?

I’ve been having low back pain, more my left hip. I have been doing stretches for prenatal yoga to try to alleviate it, but afterwards same thing, baby feels really low, and my stomach feels kind of tight. Maybe the stretches are working my abs some and that could be causing the tight feeling? Cow/cat yoga positions are basically planks which normally do strengthen ab muscles so that could be?

In general, my stomach is feeling tight more often, not like Braxton Hicks coming and going tightness, but if I go from sitting to standing or get up from laying down it feels tight and takes a bit to loosen up. If I have a full bladder, it feels tight. After I pee, it feels tight again for about 30 seconds. Normal or worrisome?

My biggest fear is that I’m going to have an incompetent cervix and go into early labor. I don’t have any signs of water breaking, no spotting at all. In fact my previous doctor told me that I had a longer than normal cervix (don’t know if that matters), but maybe I shouldn’t do these stretches or take it easy on the walking? I just don’t know how normal it is to feel a tight stomach or a low baby? And I’m certainly not overdoing it based on advise. I walk 30-60 minutes a day and sit at a computer for work, though I suppose I have been standing in the kitchen a lot more often baking for Christmas.

I have gotten a couple “lightning crotch” sort of sensations just a few times and they let up after just a few seconds. Maybe part of the round ligament pain? And I do have a lot of discharge, but I’ve heard that’s really common, and there’s nothing unusual about it. I guess I’m just not used to feeling any of this. I’m just more “aware” of my crotch and uterus than I have been. Im not used to feeling them so often. Hoping it’s all normal, but would kick myself if I didn’t ask and something went wrong. My next appointment is the 31st, just hoping to get an idea of whether I should contact my midwife ahead of time or if this is normal? My baby has gotten bigger and stronger in the last two weeks. I do feel the baby a heck of a lot more so maybe that’s why I’m feeling so much else?

Thank you SO MUCH for your help :) I really appreciate any advise!