title: [Gastrointestinal signs and symptoms during pregnancy and postpartum in a sample of Spanish women].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the evolution of the signs and more frequent gastrointestinal symptoms during the pregnancy and in the two weeks later the birth.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  583 pregnant women, elects in an accidental way, interviewees between the 8 and 12 weeks of gestation (n = 133), among 18 and 22 (n = 155), among 37 and 42 (n = 203) and two weeks after the childbirth (n = 92) and coming from centers of health and hospitals of the Comunidad Valenciana and Murcia. The questionnaire, answered in a voluntary way by interview, it contained a listing on the signs and more frequent gastrointestinal symptoms during the pregnancy, and she answered on the presence or not of the same ones in the two weeks previous to the moment of the interview.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of nauseas and vomits, although higher in the first trimester, stays around the 25-30% in the third gestation trimester. The heartburn is presented in 58.6% of the pregnant women in the third trimester. The sialorrea is presented in 7.7% of all the pregnant women and she stays during the whole gestation. The constipation stays constant during the gestation above at the 25-30%. The prevalence of haemorrhoids to the beginning of the gestation is over to 8% to be located in the postpartum in 53.3%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The description of the evolution of the signs and symptoms of the pregnancy described in the obstetrics manuals don't come up with our data.
authors: Centros de Salud Archena y Santomera (Murcia). Hospital Universitario San Juan. San Juan (Alicante). y Departamentos de Enfermería y Psicología de la Salud de la Universidad de Alicante. btosal@teleline.es
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Tosal Herrero
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Richart Martínez
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Luque Plaza
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Gutiérrez
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Pastor García
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Cabrero García
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Reig Ferrer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013030:Spain