How does a doctor feel a uterus for how far pregnant a woman is?
My doctor felt my uterus last night, and said it was the normal size for how far along I am (14 weeks). I was just wondering if doctors can actually tell a difference between 14 weeks and 13 weeks etc. Thanks! A: When I was pregnant with my son who’s now 3 years old, my doctor felt my uterus by pressing down on my abdomon with one hand and pressing up inside my vagina. He told me I was about 12 weeks and I even told me where the baby had implanted!!! He drew a picture of what he felt. It looked like a lima bean. I would say their ability to do this is much experience and practice in feeling what a normal, unpregnant uterus feels like in compairsion to a pregnant one. He told me an unpregnant uterus is small, about the size of a peach. but in pregnancy, it gently begins to swell.
