Why would your lower tummy feel swollen and tight if there is no chance of pregnancy?

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This can be caused just before your periods, a hormonal change, trapped gas, exercising too stressfully. Also being constipated can make you feel this way believe it or not.

I can't stress enough how much value there is in bottled water. You should be drinking at least 8 glasses a day. I was never a water drinker in the past, but once I got use to it (put ice in it and a straw and carried it around like a soother for a baby) I found the only thing that would get rid of my thirst was water. So please, break out the water, get on a good diet of leafy greens (spinach leaves, etc., in salads, etc.) wheat, and get those bowels working. Without sufficient water our bowels are not lubricated and we can have "dry bowel movements."

It never hurts to go to your doctor and have a good check-up to be sure everything is A-OK down there if you are a woman. I'm sure it's one of the above, but we aren't doctors on this board, so when it doubt, go see your doctor.

Good luck Marcy