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Is Lump Outside Vagina Normal During Pregnancy?
Im 35 weeks pregnant and for about a week Ive noticed a lump on the outside of my vagina. The baby has been engaged since at least 33 weeks.It feels like a bruise when I press on it and appears to be under the skin. Ive had strep b and thrush all through my pregnancy. Is this normal?
Tue, 1 Jul 2014
Hi and welcome,
I am Dr Madhuri a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist and will be helping you with your queries.
The common causes of vaginal lumps are infections of the bartholins glands that are located in the labia, sebaceous cysts of the labial hair follicles, cysts of vagina and bartholins glands. All of them produces lumps that are freely movable and may be painful in some cases. Sometimes excessive rubbing and scratching leads to inflammation and the area becomes thick due to the inflammation producing the feeling of a lump.
Trauma can also cause blood to collect in the vaginal and labial skin and produce lumps.
The best thing is to get it examined by a doctor and then treatment can be directed depending upon the cause.
Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
I am Dr Madhuri a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist and will be helping you with your queries.
The common causes of vaginal lumps are infections of the bartholins glands that are located in the labia, sebaceous cysts of the labial hair follicles, cysts of vagina and bartholins glands. All of them produces lumps that are freely movable and may be painful in some cases. Sometimes excessive rubbing and scratching leads to inflammation and the area becomes thick due to the inflammation producing the feeling of a lump.
Trauma can also cause blood to collect in the vaginal and labial skin and produce lumps.
The best thing is to get it examined by a doctor and then treatment can be directed depending upon the cause.
Hope this satisfies your query.
Thanks for using HCM.
Feel free to ask any more questions that you may have.
Dr Madhuri Bagde
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist
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