It is quite normal to feel pain in the lower abdomen throughout pregnancy. The first few months, your baby makes its nest and it shows. It was only towards the 18th week you feel your baby move. It is soft as butterfly wings, light as a bubble.
The tightness in the stomach, back and perineum are due to the fact that your ligaments are strained during pregnancy.
Ligaments are bands of tissue that serve as transmission belts to our joints and links between our various organs.
Ligaments are constituted by a beam of white fibrous tissue capable of withstanding the very high traction elasticity due to their remarkable.
Ovarian hormones those relayed by the placenta are responsible for the laxity of the ligaments during pregnancy.
1. This is particularly due to the elasticity of the ligaments of the abdominal wall that your uterus can swell without being compressed. The weight and size of your uterus to operate significant traction on the ligaments that connect the ovaries, vagina, bladder and surrounding organs at all. It follows sensations of tightness and distension of the fibers increases over the pregnancy. This is why a second pregnancy is more visible.
2. Parallel, perpendicular, or transverse ligaments of the spine provide good flexibility in your back under heavy pressure during pregnancy. The uterus, by moving your center of gravity, is toil ligaments surrounding your spine. The most vulnerable regions are the lower and upper back: poor posture causes neck pain, back pain and shooting pains in the buttocks and thighs. Be reassured, a few sessions of physiotherapy to learn proper posture and some exercises that relaxes and relieves you will benefit.
3. The perineum (or pelvic floor) is a set of muscles and ligaments that support the genital and urinary organs. This is a floor brittle because it is not airtight: it must allow the conduits urinary, genital and anal. The perineal muscle supports a lot of tension in late pregnancy and during delivery. To avoid what is called "the descent of bodies" including urine leakage during a laugh after delivery, you must work to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles during pregnancy and after delivery. However the status of your perineum after delivery will depend on many factors: the quality of your fabrics, your baby's weight, the number of pregnancy, ...
If you stay still worried, call your gynecologist to discuss the issue. It should remain your main contact throughout the duration of your pregnancy.