How can indigestion occur during pregnancy?
ANSWER
Many women have indigestion during the middle and later parts of pregnancy. The problem might come from hormones, which relax the muscles of the digestive tract, and from the pressure the growing baby puts on the stomach.
From: Indigestion
Reviewed by Jaydeep Bhat on February 14, 2019
SOURCES:
National Institutes of Health.
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse.
SOURCES:
National Institutes of Health.
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse.
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