5 weeks pregnant lower abdomen pain like period pain

After five weeks of pregnancy, if you suddenly feel pain in your lower abdomen like during your period, you will become very anxious, fearing that the symptoms are caused by problems with the fetus in your belly. In fact, this is a very common early pregnancy reaction. Many female friends may experience this series of symptoms, so after it happens, you should go to bed and rest in time, and don't always be in a state of fatigue.

In the early stages of pregnancy (1 to 3 months), the fetus develops in the uterus and is still in the mother's pelvic cavity. Direct external pressure or self-pressure will not be very severe, so the sleeping posture of the pregnant woman can be arbitrary, mainly adopting a comfortable position, such as supine or side-lying. Bad sleeping positions such as sleeping on your stomach or sleeping with your arms around something should be changed.

During the second trimester of pregnancy (4 to 7 months), you should pay attention to protecting your abdomen and avoid direct external force. If a pregnant woman has too much amniotic fluid or is pregnant with twins, she should sleep in a side-lying position, which can make her more comfortable. Other sleeping positions will cause compression symptoms. If a pregnant woman feels heavy in her lower limbs, she can lie on her back and slightly raise her lower limbs with a soft pillow.

In the late stages of pregnancy (8 to 10 months), the lying position is particularly important. The lying position of a pregnant woman is important for her own safety and that of the fetus. It is advisable to adopt the left side lying position, which can correct the right rotation of the enlarged uterus, reduce the pressure of the uterus on the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries, improve blood circulation, increase blood supply to the fetus, and benefit the growth and development of the fetus. But it is not advisable to take the supine position. Because when lying in the supine position, the huge uterus compresses the inferior vena cava, reducing the amount of blood returning to the heart and cardiac output, resulting in hypotension. Pregnant women will feel dizziness, palpitations, nausea, shortness of breath and other symptoms, and their faces will be pale, their limbs will be weak, and they will break out in cold sweats. If the above symptoms occur, you should immediately lie on your left side. Your blood pressure will gradually return to normal and the symptoms will disappear.

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After a woman becomes pregnant, the fetus gradually grows in the uterus. The uterus, which was originally the size of an inverted pear, becomes the size of a watermelon by full-term pregnancy. The volume of the uterus increases from 5 ml when not pregnant to 5000 ml at full-term. The weight of the uterus also increases from 50 grams when not pregnant to 1000 grams at full-term pregnancy.