Dear tcgil12, Alysiak gave you great explanation to your question. I think it is nice that through an abdomen massage we can also "bond" with the baby, the energy exchange has medical evidence. But of course you also know that pregnancy is a form of "trauma" for the body as it has to go through so many changes (hormonal, emotional, mental, physiological, etc) during the whole gestation process. Muscles are stretching, skin is stretching and abdominal cavity is reshaping to accommodate the size of the baby. This additional body in the woumb is also pushing and pressing nerve ending and the spine. Most discomfort or pain could be just reflective pain to another area of the body as well. Belly button soreness if very common. It may sound like a frivolous pregnancy complaint but it can actually be quite painful. Women automatically will want to relieve this pain by rubbing the area. Belly button pain is caused by the pressure of the expanding uterus on the belly button. It becomes more annoying at around the 20th week of pregnancy. After that, the tenderness starts to subside as the body is already adjusted to the changes. The pelvic bone also starts to separate and the gap is widen between both ends (to give room for the baby to pass the birth canal) will also cause pain or discomfort.
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Dear tcgil12, Alysiak gave you great explanation to your question. I think it is nice that through an abdomen massage we can also "bond" with the baby, the energy exchange has medical evidence. But of course you also know that pregnancy is a form of "trauma" for the body as it has to go through so many changes (hormonal, emotional, mental, physiological, etc) during the whole gestation process. Muscles are stretching, skin is stretching and abdominal cavity is reshaping to accommodate the size of the baby. This additional body in the woumb is also pushing and pressing nerve ending and the spine. Most discomfort or pain could be just reflective pain to another area of the body as well. Belly button soreness if very common. It may sound like a frivolous pregnancy complaint but it can actually be quite painful. Women automatically will want to relieve this pain by rubbing the area. Belly button pain is caused by the pressure of the expanding uterus on the belly button. It becomes more annoying at around the 20th week of pregnancy. After that, the tenderness starts to subside as the body is already adjusted to the changes. The pelvic bone also starts to separate and the gap is widen between both ends (to give room for the baby to pass the birth canal) will also cause pain or discomfort.
April 27, 2009 - 9:42pmThis Comment
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