Many girls with the phrase "pulls in the lower abdomen" describe unpleasant sensations in the small pelvis before the onset of menstruation. These sensations are associated with swelling of the uterus, its pressure on neighboring organs and changes in the mucous membrane of the uterus.
However, during pregnancy, this symptom often acquires an ominous tone. The fact is that such sensations can be considered normal only in two periods of pregnancy - during implantation (this is the first week after conception) and before childbirth (when such feelings precede the beginning of false or true bouts).
If you are pregnant during pregnancy, and you are not in the periods described above, be aware that this is an excuse to see a doctor. But before this, listen to your body: does it really pull the abdomen during pregnancy, or does it have other causes - such pains can be related to the following reasons described below.
Problems with the intestines
Often in the pregnant woman pulls the lower abdomen, because she wants to eat incompatible foods, many sweets or unusual food - it causes rumbling in the intestines, flatulence, spasms, diarrhea or constipation. To distinguish uterine problems from intestinal problems - determine the localization of pain. If the pain is localized exactly in the middle - probably the problem is the uterine, and if on the sides - it's the intestine.
Problems with the bladder
If you pull in the abdomen during pregnancy, but at the same time you feel pain, burning, stitching with urination, if it hurts the lower back or shoots in the side - you are most likely to encounter cystitis or urinary tract infection. It can be caused by sitting on a cold, walk with undiscovered loins. For correct treatment you need to contact a urologist or a local therapist.
Problems in the gynecological part
Often the reason that pulls the abdomen in a pregnant woman is untreated before pregnancy is a gynecological pathology. If you know about the presence of such diseases, you need to report them to an obstetrician-gynecologist during your first visit and registration. Untreated gynecological pathology can complicate the course of pregnancy and even lead to miscarriage.
But, if you do not have any of the above reasons for explaining the pulling pains in the lower abdomen - it is recommended to immediately consult a doctor! This condition may be associated with ectopic pregnancy . In this case:
- pain grows;
- there is spotting;
- when the fallopian tube ruptures, internal bleeding may occur - which threatens the life of a woman!
In addition, these symptoms can talk about the hypertension of the uterus in the early stages of pregnancy - which, if untimely, can lead to fetal death. In later terms, similar symptoms in combination with bloody, sucric or brown secretions - evidence of premature detachment of the placenta - which is a direct threat to the fetus, as it leads to intrauterine hypoxia and death.
Precisely establish the reason why the stomach pulls during pregnancy, can only the doctor, so if you have the above symptoms - it is strongly recommended to consult a specialist without self-medication.