Round Ligament Pain During Pregnancy: Causes and Treatment

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Round Ligament Pain During Pregnancy
Causes and Treatment
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Pregnancy is undoubtedly a moment of blessing and
happiness, but this period is a roller-coaster of
emotional and physical changes. Mood swings,
nausea, swelling, etc. are some of the common
occurrences during pregnancy. Along with these,
round ligament pain also emerges during the
latter part of your pregnancy.
What Is Round Ligament Pain During Pregnancy?
Round ligaments are a pair of ligaments located
in the pelvis that can hold the uterus in
position.  Usually, these ligaments would not be
a reason for you to worry, until youre pregnant.
However, the painful round ligament is common
during the second trimester of your pregnancy,
which occurs mostly due to the increase in the
size of your belly.
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What Are the Causes of Round Ligament Pain During
Pregnancy? The soaring pregnancy hormones make
the ligaments lose and more elastic. In fact,
there are many thick ligaments that start from
the groins and go up to the side of the abdomen
supporting and connecting the expanding uterus.
One of them is the round ligament. As the uterus
(your womb) grows, the round ligament also
stretches and increases in diameter to
accommodate the weight you might be carrying,
causing sharp and stabbing round ligament pain.
Besides this, pregnancy round ligament pain
worsens as a result of a change in your position
(sitting or standing or rolling over in bed),
coughing, sneezing, or even laughing during your
pregnancy. Due to sudden movements
mentioned-above, the ligament gets pulled and
tightens, more like the snapping of a rubber
band. Well! This is yet another pregnancy
discomfort, which neither harms you while youre
carrying your baby nor the health of the baby
inside you.
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Can Round Ligament Pain Occur Early During
Pregnancy? Usually, many of you may feel this
ligament pain after 12 weeks of your pregnancy,
in the second trimester. You might also feel the
pain early.
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How Does Pregnancy Round Ligament Pain Feel?
Since the growing baby takes a toll on your
entire body, you might feel a quick, sharp,
cramp-like and stabbing pain on both sides of
your abdomen as a common round ligament pain
symptom. This tends to last only for a few
seconds, but you might also feel a persistent
dull ache in your stomach. Moreover, round
ligament pain seems to be different for different
pregnancies. Symptoms might include a pulling
sensation down the groins, shooting pain around
the belly, stabbing pain by the right side of
your pelvis, and discomfort around the abdomen.
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• What Treatment Methods are Available to Give You
  Some Relief From Round Ligament Pain During
  Pregnancy?
• While there is no official treatment method
  available, follow these steps to get some relief
  from the sharp and stabbing pain
• Pay Attention to Your Position
• If youre feeling the pain maybe while youre
  sitting or standing, try to keep your feet up off
  the ground. Keeping your feet off the ground
  might reduce the pressure around your ligament.
  However, if youre feeling the pain while youre
  lying down on your side, try to sleep with wedge
  pillows in-between your legs. Additionally, try
  to keep your back straight along with your head,
  shoulders, and hips aligned.
• Flex Your Hips
• While youre coughing or sneezing, try bending or
  flexing your hips to help prevent the shooting
  pain.

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• Go For a Swim
• Swimming is a good exercise during pregnancy. The
  water will support your body to give you some
  relief from painful round ligament.

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• Try Easy Pregnancy Workouts
• Doing stretching exercises during pregnancy or
  prenatal yoga can keep your core muscles strong.
  If while doing these exercises you feel something
  is hurting you, then avoid or stop that activity.
  You might also ask your doctor for
  pregnancy-friendly exercise to give you some
  relief.

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• Take a Warm Bath
• Taking a warm bath during your pregnancy has
  several benefits. Out of the many benefits,
  alleviating the discomfort of round ligament
  pain is just one of them.
• However, before you use a maternity belt or
  medicines as pregnancy round ligament pain relief
  ensure that you take the doctors advice.
• As we have mentioned before, round ligament pain
  is yet another pregnancy challenge out of many.
  The key to a beautiful pregnancy journey is to
  accept the challenges, while youre anticipating
  the sweetest result of your life your cute
  mewling little one.
• Check out our blog page, to get more tips and
  advice on pregnancy and cord blood banking.

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