What causes abdominal pain during pregnancy?

Abdominal pain during pregnancy is a problem that deserves great attention. When this happens, you should go to the hospital for examination. Regular check-ups after pregnancy are very important for the baby. In many cases, what we need to do is to pay attention to our own health and protect our baby better in the middle of pregnancy.

There may be a dull pain in the abdomen in the early stages of pregnancy, but you should pay attention to the secretions to see if there is blood or other things. If there is, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible. There should be no abdominal pain in the middle stage of pregnancy, and there will be pain in the late stage, but it will be intermittent and the number of times will be rare. If the pain intervals are short, it means that the baby is about to be born. You should also be careful not to eat something that upsets your stomach, as that will cause stomach pain. It has something to do with your mood. You should keep a good mood during pregnancy and not think about those troublesome things, so that the baby born will be healthy.

1. Physiological stomach pain

Around 4 months of pregnancy, the uterus enlarges and the round ligament of the uterus is stretched, causing many expectant mothers to feel some abdominal pain. This type of pain is mostly located on one or both sides of the uterus in the lower abdomen, and is referred pain, dull pain or lack thereof. The pain becomes more obvious when walking a long distance or changing body position. Expectant mothers don’t need to worry, the symptoms can be relieved by resting in bed more.

Exercising too hard during sexual intercourse during the second trimester can also cause stomach pain in pregnant women.

2. Pathological stomach pain

In the second half of pregnancy, the baby gradually grows and the pressure in the expectant mother's abdominal cavity also increases. If the expectant mother's esophageal hiatus (the hole through which the esophagus goes down to connect to the stomach) widens, "esophageal hiatal hernia" may occur, causing abdominal pain. At this time, abdominal pain is often accompanied by symptoms such as chest tightness, shortness of breath, chest pain, acid reflux, and hiccups. The incidence of hiatal hernia during pregnancy is about 30-50%, and the symptoms are sometimes more obvious in the late pregnancy. Therefore, expectant mothers are advised to: eat small and frequent meals, and eat less sweet, spicy, or sticky food; do not lie flat on the bed or lie too low after meals, and try to bend over as little as possible to reduce acid reflux; keep bowel movements open. If you find symptoms of gastric reflux, try to raise your upper body about 20 degrees.

1. Abdominal pain in early pregnancy After pregnancy, your body undergoes major changes. Some experts believe that pregnancy hormones can relax your ligaments, while your growing belly also puts a greater strain on your muscles and ligaments. Therefore, if you just have stomach pain in early pregnancy but no other symptoms, you probably don't need to worry. This lumbar pain caused by stretched ligaments will last throughout your pregnancy and may get worse as your pregnancy progresses. And if you're sexually active during pregnancy, you may experience crampy abdominal pain during orgasm. As long as you follow your doctor's advice, this kind of stomach pain during pregnancy will generally not affect your pregnancy health or the baby in your belly. 2. Frequent abdominal pain in the early stages of pregnancy. However, if you often have abdominal pain in the early stages of pregnancy, and you have cramping abdominal pain accompanied by spotting, bleeding, fever, chills, vaginal discharge, tenderness and pain, or the pain is still not relieved after resting for a few minutes, it is recommended that you go to the hospital for treatment in time.

The above is about abdominal pain in mid-pregnancy. In many cases, only you know your own health problems. You have to pay attention to your own body. Protecting your own health is very helpful for yourself and your baby. Pay more attention to your physical health and go to the hospital for regular check-ups.