What to do if you have stomach pain at 38 weeks of pregnancy

Some women who are 38 weeks pregnant experience abdominal pain. This symptom is a relatively dangerous symptom, so many women who are 38 weeks pregnant are particularly worried about health problems in their babies. Therefore, they want to fully understand what to do if they have abdominal pain in the 38th week of pregnancy. The following content introduces this knowledge in detail, so you can have a comprehensive understanding.

The stomach pain at 38 weeks of pregnancy should be uterine contraction. You can touch your stomach to see if it is hard when you have stomach pain. This is a normal phenomenon.

At 38 weeks, the fetus is mature. Before labor begins, the symptoms that indicate that the pregnant woman will soon give birth are called threatened labor.

1. False labor: The duration of uterine contractions is short and irregular, and the intervals are long and irregular; the intensity of uterine contractions is not increased; there is no disappearance of the cervical canal and dilation of the cervical os. It appears at night and disappears during the day.

2. Fetal descent: The fetal presenting part descends into the pelvis, the uterine fundus descends, and the pregnant woman feels comfortable in the upper abdomen, eats more, and breathes more quickly.

3. Bloody show: 24-48 hours before delivery, because the fetal membrane near the internal cervical opening separates from the uterine wall, the capillaries rupture and a small amount of blood is discharged through the vagina, mixed with the mucus in the cervical canal and discharged.

4. Normally, pregnancy lasts about 38 weeks, and you are about to give birth. The pain you feel should be uterine contractions, which means the uterus is contracting. There should be several times per hour, which is not a problem.

Life care:

When the above phenomenon occurs, go to the hospital as soon as possible. The delivery time of primipara is longer than that of multipara.

At 38 weeks of pregnancy, although the due date is approaching, abdominal pain at 38 weeks of pregnancy is also relatively dangerous. I believe that through the above content, many pregnant women who have this symptom have a comprehensive understanding of what to do if they have abdominal pain at 38 weeks of pregnancy. After a comprehensive understanding, in order to protect the health of your fetus, it is best to go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination to see if you have symptoms of premature delivery.