Most pregnant women experience gas and bloating during their pregnancy. These are usually nothing to worry about unless accompanied by severe abdominal pain or discomfort.

What is the reason of this?

During early pregnancy, your body releases lots of progesterone, which relaxes the smooth muscles in your body, including your digestive tract, slowing your digestive function and causing excess gas. Later in pregnancy, your growing uterus compresses your stomach and slows down digestion even more.

Tips

Unless you are lactose intolerant, avoiding dairy-based products is the most effective way to deal with bloating. For those who are lactose-intolerant, avoiding foods and beverages high in fructose and bloating-causing vegetables like broccoli and asparagus can help relieve some of the gas. Fried foods are also likely to cause bloating, so you may want to consider reducing them in your diet.