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Stomach pain during pregnancy is a common condition that makes pregnant women uncomfortable and worried. Understanding the causes and factors that cause stomach pain during pregnancy is important to overcome or alleviate symptoms, ensuring the safety of mother and baby.
1. Causes of inflammation, stomach pain during pregnancy
Gastritis is a condition caused by an imbalance between offensive and protective factors. This for pregnant women can be caused by many factors as follows.
Pregnant women often experience stress and anxiety, especially those who are pregnant for the first time. These psychological factors affect gastric contraction, increase gastric secretion and if prolonged, will cause gastritis. Morning sickness: In the first 3 months of pregnancy, pregnant women are prone to morning sickness with symptoms of nausea and vomiting, this can affect the digestive activity, causing the stomach to be stimulated, increasing excessive contractions leading to increased blood pressure. gastric secretion and stomach pain. Hormonal changes during pregnancy: During pregnancy, the hormone progesterone in a woman will increase suddenly. This hormone plays a role in the development of factors that nourish the fetus in the uterus and helps limit the risk of miscarriage. However, the abnormal increase in this hormone can easily reduce intestinal motility, increase intra-abdominal pressure and irritate the stomach. This will make the stomach tend to secrete more gastric juice, excessive contraction and pain. Fetal development: During pregnancy, a woman's uterus will expand to make enough space for the fetus to grow and this becomes a cause of increased intra-abdominal pressure, causing bladder problems. , anus and stomach are irritated. Therefore, this is the reason why many pregnant women have stomach pain. Diet: If pregnant women have an inappropriate diet, it can lead to stomach pain during pregnancy. Bacterial infection: Helicobacter pylori is the main cause of gastritis. HP can be transmitted through the digestive tract and if eating and drinking is not hygienic can cause infection with this bacteria.
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2. Some signs of stomach pain during pregnancy
Most pregnant women with stomach pain will have the following signs:
Epigastric pain: Pregnant women with gastritis will feel abdominal pain above the navel. Pain has a burning sensation, often more painful when too hungry or too full. Heartburn, belching: This condition is caused by the flow of air from the long-term stored food in the stomach back up into the esophagus and through the oral cavity. When you have severe stomach pain, the flow of gas also carries acidic gastric juices in the stomach, causing heartburn. Nausea and vomiting: Pregnant women with stomach pain will easily confuse this symptom with morning sickness, especially in the first 3 months. However, stomach pain during pregnancy is often accompanied by other symptoms above such as epigastric pain, belching, and heartburn. Stomach bloating: Inflammation of the stomach will affect the process of digesting food. Slow-digesting food will lead to a long-term stagnation, thereby causing slow digestion and bloating. Anorexia: People with stomach pain often have a change in appetite, leading to anorexia, loss of appetite.
3. How to get stomachache during pregnancy?
Changing your diet and living habits can help reduce discomfort when you have gastritis.
3.1. Changing diet To limit stomach pain during pregnancy, pregnant women need to:
Absolutely avoid food and drink groups that irritate the stomach such as: Alcohol, carbonated soft drinks, food fast... Do not increase the amount of food suddenly: Avoid overeating, which increases pressure on the stomach. During pregnancy, it is recommended to add healthy food groups, good for the mother's health and meet the needs of the fetus gradually. It is recommended to divide 4 to 5 meals a day to reduce pressure on the stomach and digestive organs. Pregnant women should eat cooked and drink boiling water to avoid infection, eat slowly, chew thoroughly, and avoid lying down and exercising right after eating. Add water, vitamins and fiber to your daily diet.
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3.2. Changing living habits During the first period, pregnant women should take time to rest for the body to adapt to having more babies in the belly. Avoid worry and stress to reduce the impact on the baby and mother's body. Pregnant women can reduce stress with some measures such as meditation, listening to music, reading books... After the first 3 months of pregnancy, when the fetus is stable, you should start practicing gentle intensity movements. Exercise not only helps to improve the skeleton and improve health, but also helps to regulate bowel movements and relieve stomach pain. There are many causes of stomach pain during pregnancy. Most of the causes can be controlled by changing living habits, eating habits and it also lessens after giving birth. Therefore, pregnant women should build a scientific and healthy lifestyle to limit the risk of gastritis.
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