| Occasional, short-lived abdominal discomfort | | | | pain could be mild or sharp and may actually |
| is commonly found among the very early | | | | feel more like low back pain or pelvic |
| pregnancy symptoms; cramping signals hormonal | | | | pressure. |
| changes and the enlargement of the uterus. It | | | | |
| can be associated with many normal causes, | | | | Preterm labor, or contractions that dilate |
| though it can also be a sign of something | | | | your cervix before 37 weeks of pregnancy, can |
| more serious. | | | | also cause abnormal abdominal pain. Symptoms |
| | | | include an increase or change in vaginal |
| Harmless abdominal pain is one of the very | | | | discharge, vaginal spotting or bleeding, |
| early pregnancy symptoms. Cramping can be | | | | abdominal pain, cramping, or more than four |
| caused by gas and bloating, constipation, and | | | | contractions in one hour, an increase in |
| Braxton-Hicks contractions. If the pain | | | | pelvic pressure, low back pain. |
| doesnt subside, and/or it is accompanied by | | | | |
| spotting, bleeding, fever, chills, vaginal | | | | A serious condition which can cause cramping |
| discharge, faintness, discomfort while | | | | is placental abruption, when the placenta |
| urinating, or nausea and vomiting, it may | | | | separates from the uterus, partially or |
| indicate a problem. | | | | completely, before a baby is born. Symptoms |
| | | | of this condition include sudden bleeding |
| Abnormal abdominal pain could be a sign of an | | | | (though bleeding may be absent or light), |
| ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when a | | | | uterine tenderness, back pain, prolonged |
| fertilized egg implants anywhere outside the | | | | uterine contraction, and decrease in activity |
| uterus. A woman will usually feel the | | | | of the baby. |
| symptoms of this condition around six or | | | | |
| seven weeks after the fertilization, though | | | | Preeclampsia is another disorder which can |
| they could present earlier, along with other | | | | lead to abdominal pain; in this condition, |
| very early pregnancy symptoms. Cramping or | | | | blood vessel changes occur and this can |
| pelvic pain or tenderness, vaginal spotting | | | | affect many organs such as the liver, |
| or bleeding, pain that gets worse during | | | | kidneys, brain, and the placenta. Though one |
| physical activity or while moving the bowels | | | | of the important signs of the condition |
| or coughing, or pain in the tip of the | | | | manifests itself among the very early |
| shoulder are all symptoms of ectopic | | | | pregnancy symptoms cramping - high blood |
| pregnancies. If left untreated, ectopic | | | | pressure and protein in the urine after 20 |
| pregnancies could be fatal. | | | | weeks of pregnancy are the definitive |
| | | | diagnostic symptoms of the disorder. A women |
| Abdominal pain can also be caused by a | | | | suffering from preeclampsia may show swelling |
| miscarriage, or the loss of pregnancy within | | | | in the face or puffiness around the eyes, |
| the first 20 weeks. Usually vaginal spotting | | | | swelling in the hands, and excessive and |
| or bleeding appears first, which can be light | | | | sudden swelling of the feet and ankles. When |
| or heavy, and may be confused initially with | | | | the condition is severe, intense pain or |
| one of the more common very early pregnancy | | | | tenderness in the upper abdomen, a severe |
| symptoms; cramping then follows, which could | | | | headache, visual disturbances, and nausea and |
| be sporadic or persistent; furthermore, the | | | | vomiting could be felt. |