Under Right Ribs I have recently experienced constant rib pain under the right ribs. It is now becoming so bad it's keeping me awake at night. Whereas I have had this problem before, it always went away after a short while. I have read somewhere that ligaments between ribs can become detached or stretched during pregnancy, causing acute pain. I have no symptoms of pre-eclampsia, so it's not that.
Problem is that the pain is getting bad.
It's worse when I cough, but not when I breath. I am 31 weeks pregnant. She has assisted at over 1,000 births and is currently teaching in the nurse-midwifery program at the University of Minnesota. Dear Harriet, Yes, you are correct that this could be softening of the ligamentous areas of the ribs at the attachment sites to the sternum. This is very painful and only guarding this area and firm support have been known to help.