Lower abdominal pain in pregnant women

Lower abdominal pain in pregnant women

What are the common causes for my  abdominal pain

1. Labour pain / Preterm labour pain

How do i identify labour pain 

• It is on and off pain 
• Once you feel pain it persist few seconds to min and disappear
• Start form your back and come to front of your lower abdomen and end up in your groin 
• Severity of you pain will increase in your consequent pain
• Your pain commonly Associated with following symptoms
• Mucus blood stain Vaginal discharge (show)
• watarry vaginal discharge ( Dribbling )
• If you have above features most probably you in labour. if you are in before 37 weeks of pregnancy you are in preterm labour , if you are in after 37 weeks of pregnancy you are in trem labour

2. Pain due to urinary tract infection

How do i identify urinary tract infection

You will have

• Constant pain in lower abdomen not like pain it persisting pain
• And it is associated with
• Burning type pain during urination ( Dysuria )
• Increased urination frequency
• Decrease amount of urine pass during at one time
• Some time you will red colour urine

3.  Uterine rupture

How do I identify uterine rupture 

• If you haven't undergone any previous surgery involving you uterus This is unlikely . But it is possible
• You will feel sever unbearable pain 
• It constant pain not like on and off pain
• This associated with bleeding in to you abdomen therefore you will have clinical features due to severe blood loss 
• . dizziness 
• . faintness 
• . And you will collapse 
• And you will have bleeding from vagina and urethra 

5. Placental abruption ( separation of placenta from uterus )

How do I identify Placental abruption 

• You will have constant pain 
• It may be associated with bleeding from vagina
• And you will have symptoms due to bleeding as in uterine rupture

6. Preeclampsia

How do I identify Preeclampsia

• If you don't have increased blood pressure this is unlikely ,  Preeclampsia occurs due to increased blood presser
• You will feel pain usually in upper abdomen rather than lower abdomen 
• and associated with 
• Headache 
• Visual disturbances 
• Fits 

4. Other causes due to non - gynecological causes like 

• like appendicitis
•  bowel obstrucion