What causes stomach discomfort in late pregnancy?

In the later stages of pregnancy, pregnant women will feel more uncomfortable. For example, they often wake up in the middle of the night because of stomach discomfort. After waking up, the stomach discomfort symptoms will be more serious, and they often cannot sleep. Pregnant women hope to relieve stomach discomfort when they have it, so how to relieve stomach bloating and pain late at night in late pregnancy?

What causes stomach bloating and pain in late pregnancy?

1. Reasons of the pregnant woman herself

It may be because the pregnant woman's own stomach function is not very good, or because of the imbalance of meals caused by pregnancy, and the increase of estrogen, which makes the muscles of the esophagus and stomach become more and more loose, thereby increasing the time of gastrointestinal motility, causing stomach discomfort. In addition, it is because the fetus continues to grow and develop. In the late pregnancy, the fetal head will slowly move into the pelvis. Because the position of the body basically does not change, when the fetal head slowly moves into the pelvis, it will squeeze the surrounding internal organs, such as the stomach and abdominal organs, which will cause discomfort. At this time, pregnant women will feel stomach discomfort.

2. Caused by eating

Gastrointestinal discomfort in the late pregnancy is generally a normal physiological need. If you feel uncomfortable, you should first go to the hospital to rule out the possibility of pathology, and then adjust and adapt yourself. If you feel uncomfortable, pregnant women can eat small meals frequently to avoid the discomfort caused by food accumulation, eat some soft and easy-to-digest hot foods, and do appropriate exercise, such as walking around the bed, etc. It is also very important to maintain a relaxed and happy mood. If there is no pathological reason, the normal state will gradually adapt and you will not feel obvious discomfort.

How to relieve stomach bloating and pain late at night during late pregnancy

In the late stages of pregnancy, it is normal to have stomach bloating and pain because the growing fetus may compress the digestive tract, so you should eat small meals frequently. You can eat less during meals, and then have some snacks and drink some milk at night. Don't lie down immediately after a meal. If you can stand up or walk slowly for half an hour, you can speed up the speed of food passing through the stomach and relieve the burden on the stomach. Do not drink a lot of water or drinks at one time, especially strong tea and drinks containing caffeine or chocolate, as they will aggravate the relaxation of the esophageal muscles.

In the later stages of pregnancy, pregnant women will feel more uncomfortable. In addition to stomach discomfort, they will also have other uncomfortable symptoms such as edema in the limbs. In the later stages of a woman's pregnancy, other relatives should give her more care, take her out more often or help her with massage, etc., to alleviate her physical discomfort.