In view of the fact that women tend to compare themselves with others, often in pregnant women complain to the doctor that during pregnancy they have a small belly. That's when the search for non-existent reasons begins and winds up itself, that something is wrong with the baby. To prevent this from happening, let's talk about why in pregnancy there can be a small, sometimes very, belly, and with what it can be connected.
How does the abdominal circumference change during the bearing of the baby?
The increase in the volume of the abdomen during pregnancy is due to a factor such as a change in the uterus in size. In addition, the size and weight of the fetus increases every day, the placenta is formed and developed in the uterus, for which free space is also needed.
It is also worth noting that as the term increases, the volume of amniotic fluid also increases and will increase.
Given the above described features of the course of the pregnancy process, you can identify the main reasons for which the stomach during pregnancy can be small:
- discrepancy of development of the baby to the term of pregnancy - fetal hypotrophy;
- violation of the processes of intrauterine development;
- water scarcity;
- constitutional features of the body of a pregnant woman.
Why does the abdomen change during pregnancy?
Quite often, women in the position note the fact that the belly, according to their observations, is larger and smaller, but there are no violations of the pregnancy process. The cause of this phenomenon, especially in later terms, may be a change in the position of the fetus in the body of the uterus. So, after another turn of the baby, the expectant mother seems that her stomach was smaller in size.
It is also worth mentioning that women can complain that the stomach has become smaller during pregnancy in cases where such a violation as gestosis has not been subjected to medical treatment for a long time.
However, in most cases, the decrease in the size of the abdomen occurs at the end of the term. And this is normal. The thing is, about 14 days before the onset of labor, there is a drop in the abdomen. As a result of this phenomenon, pregnant women get the impression that their stomach has become smaller.
A small belly at the 39th week of pregnancy can be the result of a phenomenon such as the passage of amniotic fluid. This process is the beginning of childbirth.
Thus, it should be noted that when answering the question as to whether there can be a small abdomen during pregnancy, doctors usually give a positive answer.