WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2008: Re: PREGNANCY: Pain Left Side

Re: PREGNANCY: Pain Left Side

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:41:25 -0500 (CDT)

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Anon

This sounds like round ligament stretch to me...Dr. von Almen

At Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Anonymous wrote: >
>I'm 35 weeks pregnant. For the past 36 hours I've had a pain in my
>upper left side. It feels like it's outside the uterus but I'm not
>sure. It could be at the top left of the uterus. It's almost like a
>burning pain that is alleviated somewhat if I walk around and keep my
>hand pressed lightly on the area. I had the same pain at about 32 weeks
>for a day or so but it went away. This pain has not enabled me to sleep
>properly for the last two nights. It doesn't matter if I'm lying on my
>left or right side. The pain stays in the same area. This is my fourth
>pregnancy and I didn't have a similar pain with the other three that I
>carried to term. Is this pain just ligmaments or muscles stretching
>out? I was a normal weight prepregnancy and I have not yet gained 25lbs
>so I don't think I'm extraordinarily big with this pregnancy. Any
>insight or advice on how to alleviate would be greatly appreciated.

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG Private Practice New Orleans, La.

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