What causes lower abdominal pain similar to menstrual cramps at 38 weeks of pregnancy?
Disease description:
My wife is 38 weeks pregnant, and today she suddenly experienced lower abdominal pain similar to menstrual cramps. What could cause menstrual-like lower abdominal pain at 38 weeks of pregnancy?
Doctor's answer (1)
Dr. Yin Hongmei
For lower abdominal pain occurring at 38 weeks of gestation—particularly if it resembles menstrual symptoms—it may be caused by uterine contractions, and the mother’s and fetus’s conditions should be closely monitored. At 38 weeks, pregnancy is considered full-term; therefore, if the pain becomes paroxysmal and regular, labor may be imminent, and immediate medical attention at a hospital is required to prevent complications.
