Hello doctor. I am 27 weeks pregnant, recently I have had contractions that make my stomach hard, painful when walking or sitting, sometimes when lying down the contractions also become hard. The frequency of contractions is 10-15 minutes/time, sometimes closer.

Along with the phenomenon of fetal movement, sometimes the pregnant mother will feel a hard lump in her abdomen, which can even "distort" the abdomen. Especially, in the last months of pregnancy, these contractions will appear more and more with different intensities and frequencies.

In the last months of pregnancy, the mother will feel her abdomen tighten very hard. So can the mother distinguish between labor contractions and physiological contractions? Try the following quiz to check.

The older the gestational age, the higher the frequency of lower abdominal pain in pregnant women. At 38 weeks of pregnancy, lower abdominal pain can be a sign of labor or other health problems. In this case, it is necessary to monitor your health carefully and go to the hospital for examination when necessary.