What are the causes of abdominal pain in early pregnancy

Many women experience abdominal pain during pregnancy. If abdominal pain occurs in the early stages of pregnancy, it can cause serious harm to the bodies of many pregnant women and the health of the baby in the body. Therefore, many women who experience abdominal pain in the early stages of pregnancy want to fully understand the reasons. The following content provides a detailed introduction, and you can come to fully understand it.

Abdominal pain in early pregnancy is a common physical reaction among pregnant women. Generally, it is physiological abdominal pain caused by pregnancy reaction and does not require treatment or other special treatment. Some are pathological and require vigilance and timely treatment.

Why does the stomach hurt in early pregnancy? There are several possible reasons for stomach pain:

1. Uterine enlargement stimulates bones

After you become pregnant, you will feel your belly getting bigger day by day, and then your skin will feel tight. If you love sports, you may feel a dull pulling pain in your abdomen after hiking or playing table tennis, which is similar to normal stomach pain. For some expectant mothers, the enlarged uterus constantly stimulates the lower edge of the ribs, which may cause dull rib pain or pain due to the relaxation and separation of the pubic symphysis, and even lead to limited movement. However, these conditions are normal physiological reactions after pregnancy and do not require special treatment. The pain can be relieved by sleeping in the left side position. Expectant mothers don’t need to worry, the symptoms can be relieved by resting in bed more.

2. Pathological causes such as ectopic pregnancy and uterine adnexal disease

In the early stages of pregnancy, abdominal pain is more obvious and unbearable. Pregnant mothers should have a blood HCG test to rule out ectopic pregnancy, and then further do a comprehensive physical examination to rule out other uterine adnexal diseases.

Ultrasound examination

In the early stages of pregnancy, if you have abdominal pain and bleeding before the fetus is implanted, your obstetrician or gynecologist will usually perform an abdominal ultrasound on you. Because of the advanced technology nowadays, it is possible to confirm whether the embryonic sac has implanted in the center of the uterus six to seven weeks after the last menstrual period; if an ultrasound examination is performed through the vagina, the embryonic sac can be seen a week earlier.

Therefore, if you have abdominal pain in the early stages of pregnancy, and the pregnancy lasts more than seven weeks, and you cannot see the embryonic sac in the uterus, and there is abnormal bleeding, you should suspect that it is an ectopic pregnancy. It is necessary to do further examination immediately to avoid the ectopic pregnancy from rupturing and causing massive internal bleeding that could endanger your life.

What are the reasons for abdominal pain in early pregnant women? The above content provides a comprehensive introduction. Therefore, when this situation occurs, the first thing to do is to undergo an ultrasound examination as soon as possible. After the examination, if there is no impact on your child, you can use pregnancy-preserving drugs to fully preserve the fetus. This will ensure the health of the child in your body.