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Re: 21 Weeks LMP

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 21 May 2002 14:43:08 -0500 (CDT)


At Tue, 21 May 2002, anonymous wrote: >
>At 21 weeks LMP, should I be able to feel my stomach/abdominal area
>hardened. I know that women show at different times in their pregnancy,
>but prior to showing, even if while not pregnant there is fattiness,
>should I be able to feel the uterus -- and would this area be hard?
>
>Thanks.

You should feel the top of your uterus at about the same level as your belly button, and the uterus is quite a bit firmer than the abdominal wall typically.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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