As the delivery approach, starting from 37-38 weeks, the future mother may be troubled by some unpleasant symptoms. These are the so-called harbingers of birth, they are planned by nature itself, and it's not worth it. In addition to the pulling pains in the lower abdomen, periodic false bouts and the passage of the mucous plug in pregnant women, there may be some upset stomach, loss of appetite, diarrhea.
These unpleasant phenomena are due to the fact that shortly before birth, the abdomen of the future mother falls down - the uterus from the abdominal cavity has moved to the pelvic part. Lowering the abdomen brings some comfort to the expectant mother - it becomes easier to breathe, since the uterus does not press on the diaphragm and lungs. Heartburn, which torments the whole second half of pregnancy of many women, can also disappear in this period. Simply when the uterus descends, the squeezing of the stomach stops and the food stops throwing back into the esophagus, which was the cause of heartburn.
Liquid stool before childbirth
However, with the release of some organs, with the lowering of the abdomen, there begins a significant pressure on others, primarily on the bladder and rectum. And here already a woman can feel frequent urge to urinate, some nausea, but quite often there is diarrhea before childbirth. It should be noted that the liquid stool before delivery is a kind of natural cleansing of the woman's organism, preparation for labor.
For every woman, the prenatal period is different. Some have a sharp upset stomach before delivery, where in addition to diarrhea, it is also possible for unvoiced vomiting. Other women, especially those who are miscarriages, may be bothered only by diarrhea before childbirth without any other manifestations of the disorder. Diarrhea and indigestion can occur not only before childbirth, but also two or three weeks before them. Many future mothers mark the beginning of these phenomena already from 36-38 weeks, and women giving birth at least once, with repeated childbirth such symptoms may not bother at all.
As a rule, women who developed diarrhea before childbirth are very embarrassed by this circumstance and feel uncomfortable. This is mainly true for pregnant women giving birth for the first time. More experienced mothers know that in maternity hospitals before delivery, a number of procedures are required to empty the intestines. In some maternity hospitals put a warm enema, others use special candles. This is done in order to ensure the emptying of the rectum, causing a liquid stool before childbirth. After all during childbirth a woman has to push hard, and the presence of feces makes this process very difficult.
Constipation before childbirth
If diarrhea before childbirth is the physiological need of the body to facilitate the birth canal, constipation is a condition uncharacteristic of the body preparing for labor. And if in the first case, everything was taken care of by nature, then with constipation a woman must independently provide herself with a normal chair before delivery.
Constipation may disturb a woman during the entire pregnancy, and may begin several days before the birth. If this condition accompanied the woman throughout pregnancy, the expectant mother has already learned how to cope with it.
Disorder of the intestine before childbirth is natural and physiologically justified. But if the disorder is too pronounced, accompanied by frequent and profuse vomiting, severe pain in the stomach or a fever, you should immediately consult a doctor. It may already be signs of poisoning, absolutely not related to ordinary prenatal conditions.