6 TYPES OF PREGNANCY PAIN (THAT ARE COMPLETELY NORMAL)

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6 Types of Pregnancy Pain (That are completely normal)  




PREGNANCY IS A BEAUTIFUL AND THE MOST MEMORABLE PHASE OF A WOMAN’S LIFE.

THIS LIFETIME EXPERIENCE OF JOY, HAPPINESS, AND THE EXCITEMENT OF EMBARKING ON A NEW ADVENTURE ALSO BRINGS IN STRUGGLE AND PAIN.

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, MOOD SWINGS AND MANY MORE- IT IS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE TO EXPERIENCE.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAIN ARE EXPERIENCED DURING THIS TIME. WHILE SOME NEED TO BE CONSIDERED AS AN EMERGENCY OTHERS MAY BE NORMAL.

THE TYPES OF PAIN WHICH ARE NORMAL (AND COMMON) DURING PREGNANCY ARE AS FOLLOWS-

1.    1. PREGNANCY CRAMPS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT MENSTRUAL CRAMPS- BUT A SIMILAR PAIN THAT A WOMAN MAY EXPERIENCE DURING THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF HER PREGNANCY JOURNEY IS PREGNANCY CRAMPS. IN FACT, THESE PREGNANCY CRAMPS ARE SUGGESTIVE OF A 'GROWING' PREGNANCY. IF NOT ASSOCIATED WITH BLEEDING FROM THE VAGINA, THIS KIND OF PAIN IS ABSOLUTELY NORMAL.

2. BACK PAIN CAN BE EXPERIENCED BY PREGNANT WOMEN ON A REGULAR BASIS- MORE SO IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER WHEN THE WEIGHT OF THE BABY IS RAPIDLY INCREASING, PUTTING MORE STRAIN ON THE SPINE AND ITS SUPPORTING LIGAMENTS.

3.   3. ROUND LIGAMENT PAIN- THE ROUND LIGAMENTS ARE LOCATED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE UTERUS. THESE LIGAMENTS ARE STRETCHED TO ACCOMODATE THE GROWING PREGNANCY, WHICH MAY IN THE LATER MONTHS, CAUSE A SHORT, SHARP, OR STABBING PAIN WHEN YOU SUDDENLY CHANGE POSITION Eg WHILE GETTING UP FROM A CHAIR. HOT FOMENTATION WITH ADEQUATE REST AND GENTLE MOVEMENTS MAY HELP EASE THE PAIN, WHICH DISAPPEARS MIRACOLOUSLY AFTER DELIVERY.

4.   4. HEARTBURN- YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF PREGNANT WOMEN COMPLAINING OF BURNING SENSATION IN THE CHEST OR DIFFICULTY IN DIGESTING FOOD. THESE HAPPEN DUE TO THE RELAXING EFFECT OF PREGNANCY HORMONES (MOST COMMONLY, PROGESTERONE) WHICH MAKE THE PROCESS OF DIGESTION SLOW DURING PREGNANCY. CONSUMING SMALL, FREQUENT MEALS AND AVOIDING FRIED/ FATTY FOODS DURING THIS TIME IS ESSENTIAL.

T    5. CONTRACTIONS EXPERIENCED DURING THIRD TRIMESTER (BRAXTON HICKS)- AS THE WOMB PREPARES ITSELF FOR BIRTH, CRAMPING PAIN SIMILAR TO MENSES, BUT GREATER IN INTENSITY, MAY BE FELT AROUND THE TIME NEARING DELIVERY. THESE INITIALLY APPEAR ONCE IN A DAY AND GRADUALLY BUILD UP TO 4-5 TIMES DAILY- TILL THEY ULTIMATELY MERGE WITH THE LABOUR PAINS.

6. LIGHTNING CROTCH- IT IS A LESS FAMILIAR SYMPTOM WHICH REFERS TO A SHARP PAIN (SIMILAR TO AN ELECTRIC BOLT), THAT STARTS FROM THE ANAL OPENING /VAGINA. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE BABY HAS DESCENDED DOWN THE BIRTH CANAL AND PUTS PRESSURE ON THE CERVIX AND THE RECTUM. THOUGH ITS A SIGN THAT ONE MAY BE GETTING CLOSER TO THE DELIVERY DAY, IT CAN HAPPEN FOR WEEKS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY GO INTO LABOR. 

USING A SUPPORTIVE BRACE DURING THIS TIME CAN HELP RELEIVE THE PAIN TO SOME EXTENT. 


THOUGH THESE SYMPTOMS ARE NORMAL, ONE MUST CONSULT A GYNECOLOGIST IF YOU FEEL THAT SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.

 

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