Cramp-like pain in late pregnancy may be caused by false contractions, premature labor or signs of impending labor, etc. You need to go to the hospital to check the cause and treat the symptoms.
1. False contractions: The enlarged uterus becomes sensitive in late pregnancy, and false contractions of varying degrees will occur. The contractions will cause discomfort such as hardness and tightness in the abdomen, and cramp-like pain in the stomach, but they generally last for a short time, and will be relieved by rest, and are not regular, so they don’t need any special treatment.
2. Preterm labor: late pregnancy, such as less than 37 weeks on the phenomenon of stomach cramps like pain, is likely to be a sign of preterm labor. Generally the pain lasts for a long time, the pain gradually worsens, becomes regular, and is accompanied by vaginal redness, lumbar pain and other discomforts, we should go to the hospital in time for examination and follow the doctor’s instructions to give magnesium sulfate to inhibit contractions, and to carry out the treatment of fetal preservation.
3. Signs of labor: If the symptoms of stomach cramps occur around the expected date of delivery in late pregnancy, it may be a sign of labor. False contractions before labor are gradually frequent and regular, and the duration of contractions is prolonged, contractions will cause obvious abdominal pain and lumbar pain and other discomfort, and some may also see red and water breakage. You need to go to the hospital in time to do the prenatal examination and preparation.
In addition, late pregnancy stomach cramps like pain also need to consider the gastroenteritis discomfort caused by intestinal cramps, or gynecological inflammation stimulation and other factors caused by the possibility of the need to improve the examination to clarify the causes of stomach cramps and pain in symptomatic treatment.