Consuming too much sodium is serious business because it's a risk factor for high blood pressure. High blood pressure, in turn, can lead to stroke and heart disease. Most U.S. adults consume the equivalent of 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt or 3,400 milligrams of sodium each day.
Before labor, your cervix is firm, kind of like the tip of your nose. Itâs closed and points toward the back of your vaginal wall. As your body prepares for labor, a few things happen: Your cervix will start to move forward until it's tilted toward the front of your vaginal wall.
To me it sounds like you have dropped, but the baby also just could have moved. The stretching pains in your lower uterus could just be ligament pains. I got them a lot, especially towards the end. My little girl kicked my cervix around 25-30 weeks, and from then on was in my ribs.