Newsweek spoke to Dr. Jillian O’Donnell, a gynecologic oncologist at Arizona Oncology, to find out more about the link.
“Both pregnancy and ovarian cancer can cause abdominal swelling, changes in appetite, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, changes in bowel habits like constipation and/or diarrhea, changes in bladder habits such as urgency, frequency, incontinence, unexplained changes in weight, menstrual irregularities, and pelvic or abdominal discomfort.”