Stomach making gurgling/growling noises as if I’m hungry but I’m not.. Is it normal? Week 33 FTM

Question

These days I observed that my stomach kept making growling / gurgling noises (as if when hungry or stomach is empty pre-pregnancy) even though I am totally not feeling hungry.. I’m also super gassy, keeps burping out gas. Even if I say it’s due to a heavy lunch, it definitely lasted all the way into the night. The last I experienced this was in first trimester when I barely had any appetite and the interval between my meals were prolonged.. so maybe that was really due to stomach acid. And usually after having the meal I’ll be ok.now that I’m in 3rd tri Week 33, I’ve regained normal appetite and kept to regular 3 meals a day. Wonder why it still happened.. is the baby ok etcAnybody experienced the same?

Felicia · Answer

Totally normal at week 33, your uterus has grown so big it's pressing on your intestines, which slows everything down and causes all that gurgling, gas, and burping. My friend who just delivered her second said the same thing happened to her in the third trimester and her gynae told her it's just the digestive system getting squished and sluggish, nothing to worry about. Eating smaller, more frequent meals instead of three big ones can help reduce the gassy feeling. That said, do flag it to your gynae or midwife at your next visit just to be sure, especially since you're a FTM, always better to hear it directly from your own doctor.