Abdominal Pain during Pregnancy

Regardless of your strength of mind, an abdominal pain during pregnancy has to be the most worrying and stress inducing pain to experience during pregnancy. This is because it is so close to where your unborn baby is, as a result it is impossible not to stop a thousand worrying thoughts from crossing your mind. In fact, there are many reasons why you might experience this type of pain, many of them are inconsequential, while obviously others are more serious.

The less serious reasons for having abdominal pains during pregnancy include wind and indigestion, bloating which might feel similar to the build up to a period, constipation and contractions. All of these symptoms are short lived, that's not to say that they are any less worrying than the more serious reasons you might experience abdominal pains.

These include, tubal pregnancy, miscarriage, preterm labor, injury to your body or infections. As you can see, this not make for light reading material. For this reason alone, should you experience any form of abdominal pain during pregnancy it is paramount that you visit your medical team as soon as possible. Even if it is just a case of gas, at the very least your mind will be put to rest and you will not have to worry about it being the result of anything more serious.

Whilst there is no easy way to establish for yourself the seriousness of a particular abdominal pain, generally if it is accompanied by other symptoms is a sign. These might include, spotting and bleeding, headaches, dizziness or nausea. All signs to get on the phone and tell your Doctors that you're coming in.