Four months pregnant, stomach pain

Pregnant women will encounter various pregnancy symptoms. Some symptoms are more severe and easily attract the attention of pregnant women, while some symptoms are mild and do not attract the attention of pregnant women. If these symptoms are normal pregnancy symptoms, it is okay, but some symptoms may be very dangerous and even threaten the safety of pregnant women and fetuses. For example, is it normal to have dull abdominal pain when you are four months pregnant? Let me take a look.

Is it normal to have abdominal pain during 4 months of pregnancy?

The fourth month of pregnancy has entered the second trimester, the embryo implants smoothly, and generally does not cause obvious pain. Therefore, the reasons for abdominal pain in the fourth month of pregnancy may be the following categories: 1. Abdominal pain in the fourth month of pregnancy caused by uterine fibroids. Uterine fibroids may grow during pregnancy, and the effects on pregnancy include uterine fibroid transformation and necrosis, uterine fibroid distortion, and direct impact on the development of the baby or obstruction of delivery. This type of pain usually comes on suddenly and persists for a long time, and is considered local pain. 2. Abdominal pain in the fourth month of pregnancy caused by uterine and ovarian tumors. In the early stages of pregnancy, most uterine and ovarian tumors are benign, but malignant tumors also exist. If you are found to have uterine or ovarian tumors during pregnancy, you must see a doctor as soon as possible if you experience severe pain, abdominal discomfort, abnormal abdominal enlargement, ascites, etc. 3. Some diseases that occur during pregnancy can also cause abdominal pain in pregnant women, but these diseases have no immediate cause related to pregnancy, such as appendicitis, intestinal obstruction, cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. Since abdominal pain is common during pregnancy, sometimes abdominal pain that is not caused by pregnancy is easily ignored by pregnant mothers. In addition, for the safety of babies, pregnant mothers are advised to do the following pregnancy tests:

1. Accurately measure the uterine height and fetal abdominal circumference: This is an item that pregnant mothers must accurately measure every time they do a prenatal check-up. 2. Urine test: Through this test, symptoms such as pregnancy-related hypertension can be checked. 3. Edema check: The mother will have varying degrees of edema during pregnancy. However, if there are obvious indentations during acupressure massage of the lower limbs and the edema does not disappear after rest, it is necessary to measure the blood pressure accurately as soon as possible to prevent pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome. 4. Down syndrome screening: It can detect whether the fetus has birth defects, such as Down syndrome, anencephaly or other chromosomal abnormalities. This method is more reliable and less harmful. 5. Listen to the fetal heartbeat: Hearing the fetal heartbeat means that the fetus in the belly is alive. The doctor will only give a series of test orders after hearing the fetal heartbeat.

Risks of abdominal pain Abdominal pain not caused by pregnancy

Some diseases that occur during pregnancy can also cause abdominal pain in pregnant women, but these diseases have no direct causes related to pregnancy, such as appendicitis, intestinal obstruction, cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. Acute appendicitis: It may occur in the early, middle, or late stages of pregnancy. When ordinary people suffer from acute appendicitis, most of the abdominal tenderness is in the right lower abdomen. However, due to the presence of the baby, the tenderness and pain in the right abdomen of pregnant women gradually shifts as the pregnancy progresses. Pregnant women who experience abdominal pain due to acute appendicitis generally have a history of chronic appendicitis, and are accompanied by symptoms such as increased body temperature. Because the condition of pregnant women will develop more rapidly after appendicitis occurs, they should go to the hospital for physical examination and treatment in time;

Intestinal obstruction: If the pregnant mother has undergone abdominal surgery before pregnancy, intestinal adhesions caused by the surgery are usually the cause of intestinal obstruction during pregnancy. Pregnant women lack typical symptoms of intestinal obstruction, so if they feel abdominal pain accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea, they should go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible; cholelithiasis and cholecystitis: due to the influence of physiological changes during pregnancy, if there is cholelithiasis before pregnancy, it is easy to cause gallbladder inflammation if you are not careful. When the gallbladder is inflamed, there will be upper abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, and the pain will be caused or aggravated by diet. Pregnant mothers should pay attention to eating small meals frequently. It is not suitable to eat too much in one meal and eat less high-fat foods.