PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for September, 2001: Re: 22weeks pg and upper ab area is bloated

Re: 22weeks pg and upper ab area is bloated

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:30:14 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Jan wrote: >
>Hi!
>I'm 22w3d pg with a boy and my upper ab section (between my breats and
>just above my navel) is very bloated and hard. It seems that I have 2
>humps; my uterus is round (pelvic bone to just above navel) and then I
>have a 2nd hump which is around my upper ab section. Why do I have this
>2nd hump? Is the 2nd hump all the organs from below that are getting
>pushed around? Just curious.....
>
>Could it be that since I've been eating more than normal that I am
>gaining weight and it is only showing in my upper ab section? The upper
>ab section also seems to be hard...
>
>Thanks in advance for your help!!!
>
>--
>Janice
>

Janice, This is likely a combination of the organs within your abdominal cavity being pushed upward by the enlarging uterus as well as some of the weight you have gained... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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