Pulled stomach muscle from coughing

rebeccagturner

Hi mom's! Hope everyone is feeling better than me! I am battling bronchitis at 32 weeks. It's been pretty awful. I THINK I have pulled a muscle in my abdomen from coughing and BOY DOES IT HURT, especially when I cough ( and I'm doing a ton of coughing) besides a warm shower and maybe some Tylenol, does anyone have any suggestions for relief? Also, does anyone know if this is common or not? As I don't want to treat it as one ailment and it really end up being something more serious. ( I know only a Dr. can really tell me, but in your experiences...) this is my first baby so I'm figuring it all out. Again, hope you're all feeling as well as possible!

paytonpedro

I have no other remedies, but I have a terrible cold with a terrible cough and also pulled a muscle in my belly! Hurts so much every single time I cough! Here's to the hope that both of us are better soon!!!

sassypants13

I had a terrible cold/cough a couple weeks ago and got the same thing. The stomach muscles bothered me more than anything else, so painful! Warm bath and cradling my belly with my hands/leaning slightly forward when coughing were the only things I found to help. Feel better!

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flas

I have no remedies, sorry. I had a lung infection when I was 9 months pregnant with my last. It was pure agony every time I coughed. The Drs ended up giving me a safe antibiotic and I kept a heating pad on the are off and on. Hope you get over your infection soon, I know how it feels

contourhands

Didn't pull stomach muscle but did pull some muscle on the side of my body...... Hurts do very bad too.... Sorry you are going thru this and hope you feel better soon....

ZoeyRaeJames

I pulled a muscle a couple of weeks ago, in the same area, from throwing up due to the flu. The best thing I did for myself was take a warm bath, took some Tylenol, and propped my feet up on the bed! Took about a week and half to heal up from it all. But it did go away eventually.

Ancheta3

sassypants13 said:

I had a terrible cold/cough a couple weeks ago and got the same thing. The stomach muscles bothered me more than anything else, so painful! Warm bath and cradling my belly with my hands/leaning slightly forward when coughing were the only things I found to help. Feel better!

Leaning forward really helped, thanks! I've been sick all week, I'm really glad I ran into this post

Mommajones0315

39 weeks and woke up yesterday with a horrible cough. Have coughed so much and so hard I swear I have pulled every muscle in my abdomen.