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What Causes Feeling Of Internal Shock From Arm To Stomach During Pregnancy?

I m 5 weeks pregnant and I ve been feeling an internal shock starting from my arms down to my belly. Also, I just woke up with extreme abdominal pain also, I had some spotting earlier in the day. I didn t have this with my last pregnancy for my son. I m scared of a miscarriage...hopefully it doesn t happen. Do you know what might be wrong? Thank you, Stephanie.
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Hi dear. I am your physician, having a vast years long experience in the field of General Surgery, psychiatry, Radiotherapy, OB/GYN, Internal Medicine, Ottorhinolaryngology and Nutrition and weight loss, and Pain Management. I have carefully gone through your case and in my expert opinion there is nothing wrong & u need not to worry. Pregnancies go differently everytime even with the same woman. U see sometimes its C section(due to breech presentation of baby) and the other times its normal vaginal delivery to a single woman. The symptoms u are facing are due solely to compression of nerves and blood vessels. Stomach being upset and pain in epigastric region(almost to middle of abdomen little above the umbilicus) happens in pregnancy due to upward push on Respiratory muscle(diaphragm) and that makes the food pipe less tight on its lower Sphincter. Thats why stomach acid comes into food pipe(esophagus) and heart burn or stomach pain is felt by pregnant women.
My reassurance to u is that u need to relax and keep calm for whole of ur remaining pregnancy and I hope u get through it with a healthy baby.
Thanks for trusting me, stay blessed !!!

Dr. Hanif
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What Causes Feeling Of Internal Shock From Arm To Stomach During Pregnancy?

Hi dear. I am your physician, having a vast years long experience in the field of General Surgery, psychiatry, Radiotherapy, OB/GYN, Internal Medicine, Ottorhinolaryngology and Nutrition and weight loss, and Pain Management. I have carefully gone through your case and in my expert opinion there is nothing wrong & u need not to worry. Pregnancies go differently everytime even with the same woman. U see sometimes its C section(due to breech presentation of baby) and the other times its normal vaginal delivery to a single woman. The symptoms u are facing are due solely to compression of nerves and blood vessels. Stomach being upset and pain in epigastric region(almost to middle of abdomen little above the umbilicus) happens in pregnancy due to upward push on Respiratory muscle(diaphragm) and that makes the food pipe less tight on its lower Sphincter. Thats why stomach acid comes into food pipe(esophagus) and heart burn or stomach pain is felt by pregnant women. My reassurance to u is that u need to relax and keep calm for whole of ur remaining pregnancy and I hope u get through it with a healthy baby. Thanks for trusting me, stay blessed !!! Dr. Hanif