Causes of shortness of breath during pregnancy

 

Causes of shortness of breath during pregnancy

breath shortness during pregnancy

Shortness of breath during pregnancy- why does it happen? And is there a reason to worry about it?

Are you feeling breathless during your pregnancy period? Do not worry about it as 60 to 70% of women experience difficulty catching breath in early and late pregnancy. There is one common reason among most women, while additional causes can also be there.

The common reason diagnosed by doctors is the growing uterus taking more room in the abdomen and pushing upwards on the lungs. Hence, the shortness of breath during pregnancy starts.

Still, different causes take place in different periods.

Early pregnancy

In the first stage, the hormone progesterone increases, which causes one to breathe more often. The hormone allows your blood to carry more oxygen to your baby.

Later pregnancy

As pregnancy progresses, breathing difficulty occurs. One reason may be that the baby gets bigger. The second reason can be some changes in the functioning of the heart. The number of blood increases in a woman’s body during pregnancy. Then, It becomes more challenging for the heart to pump blood throughout the body. Thus, the increased workload on the heart causes shortness of breath.

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End of pregnancy

Between 31 and 34 weeks, this type of shortness usually occurs.

Whether the breathing gets more comfortable or more difficult in the last phase depends on the baby’s developing head’s position. The baby feels its head under a rib, and it presses the diaphragm, and you feel hard to breathe.

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