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Aches during pregnancy are a normal thing that most pregnant women experience. Check out how to deal with aches and pains in pregnant women to stay comfortable in your daily life, Mother.
Adapting to various physical and hormonal changes during pregnancy may not be easy. Moreover, these hormonal changes cause some discomfort. This includes the appearance of aches in pregnant women
Yes, the presence of a growing fetus in your stomach does require hard work. And, this is what has a bad impact on the body even from the early weeks of pregnancy. Various things may arise, including the most common body aches during pregnancy.
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Causes of body aches during pregnancy
The causes of aches in pregnant women are usually caused by several factors, Mother. These include physical changes and also hormonal changes in the body. When your stomach enlarges, it will of course put excess pressure on your muscles and skeleton, and hormones will also increase and start to loosen your ligaments.
These factors change posture and center of gravity to accommodate the growing fetus, while also causing weakening of the abdominal wall and increased tension in the muscles, resulting in a combination of pain in the body, explains Talitha Bruney, MD, an ob-gyn at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, quoted from The Bump page.
As is known, throughout pregnancy, hormones relax ligaments and joints to prepare the body for birth, which can cause pain in the body. As pregnancy progresses, especially starting in the second trimester, weight will also increase, which puts extra pressure on the joints.
In addition, your growing stomach will pull your center of gravity forward and stretch and weaken the abdominal muscles that support the spine and back. As the body adjusts to these changes, it is very common to experience lower back pain, as well as pain in the pelvis, groin, legs, and buttocks.
Apart from that, the start of the second trimester may also cause mothers to experience round ligament pain which is characterized by short, sharp, stabbing or dull pain that lasts for a long time in the lower abdomen or groin.
Apart from that, you may also experience sciatica in the pelvis due to pressure from the weight of the baby and the sciatic nerve of the uterus, sending a sharp pain from the buttocks to the back of the mother's legs.
Is it normal for your body to feel sore in early pregnancy?
Yes, mothers may experience body aches and muscle aches in early pregnancy due to hormonal changes, especially towards the end of the first trimester.
Pelvic pain and lower back pain are frequent complaints. This discomfort can appear at any time during pregnancy although it is more common in the 14th week (beginning of the second trimester).
Not only that, mothers may also experience mild uterine cramps early in pregnancy which are similar to menstrual pain, when the uterus begins to enlarge. Mothers can also experience stomach ache due to constipation or gas, both of which are common during pregnancy, as quoted from the Baby Center page.
How to relieve aches during pregnancy
There are many ways you can do to relieve the aches and pains of pregnant women, Mother. Here are some of them:
1. Cold compress
Lie down relaxed and then apply a cold compress to the sore area. This can more or less relieve the soreness in your muscles and back, Mother.
2. Warm compress
To use it, you can use an electric heating pad, hot water bottle, or other heating pad at home. Don't apply compresses to your stomach for more than 10 minutes because this can affect your baby's development.
3. Stay physically active
One of the best ways to prevent and treat body aches during pregnancy is to stay physically active. Even though we are often lazy about doing it, exercise is known to relieve all kinds of common pregnancy complaints ranging from back pain, constipation, to gas.
4. Sit in a chair that supports you well
Sit in a chair that has good support. Use the correct position and try to avoid standing for long periods of time if possible.
5. Control weight gain during pregnancy
The increase in weight during pregnancy really needs to be monitored carefully, Mother. Make sure you always consult a doctor or midwife to check for weight gain.
6. Use an abdominal support belt
The feeling of soreness due to an increasingly enlarged stomach can be overcome by using a stomach support belt, Mother. That way, the body gets extra support and slightly reduces the risk of aches during pregnancy.
7. Yoga
Prenatal yoga can help you improve fitness, strengthen muscles, and increase flexibility to ease the discomforts of pregnancy. Additionally, prenatal yoga also reduces some pregnancy pains and also calms the mind.
8. Massage
Research shows that prenatal massage therapy can help reduce anxiety, reduce symptoms of depression, relieve muscle aches and joint pain, and improve birth outcomes and newborn health.
9. Acupuncture
Health experts agree that acupuncture during pregnancy can be beneficial for alleviating some common problems experienced by many people, including lower back and pelvic pain. Results are usually visible after 1 month of treatment, although these results may vary from person to person.
Hopefully the information helps, Mother.
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