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Mothers who have given birth to children should have such an experience: after entering the second trimester, the body that was relatively light before gradually bloated, and inadvertently found that when the calf also appeared edema. Some moms don't even have sore calves, but they also swell their thighs, feet, and other parts of their body.
These are phenomena that often occur in the second and third trimesters. If you happen to be pregnant or are trying to conceive, then today's sharing suggestions are collected and forwarded.
Why does pregnancy edema occur?
The reason for this is still related to the enlarging uterus. In the second trimester, the fetus continues to grow and develop, and the uterus is gradually getting larger. Due to the compression of the uterus, it causes the blood to flow back to the legs, causing a build-up of body fluids. Therefore, this is a normal phenomenon in the middle and late stages of pregnancy, and generally disappears on its own after childbirth.
Many mothers are slender before pregnancy, and they have relatively high requirements for themselves, hoping that their pregnancy will also remain beautiful. If you don't want to swell too ugly, remember to use the following tips.
(1) Sports
To remove edema, the most direct and simple way is to move.
Move around a lot
Walking around is the best way to reduce calf edema.
If you are an office worker pregnant mother, remember to get up and walk around every once in a while, you can stand up and relax your legs and stretch your limbs; or get up to drink some water and go to the toilet; walking back and forth a few times can effectively reduce the return of body fluids. If you are a home-based mother, remember not to sit or lie down all the time, but also to move appropriately to maintain the necessary amount of exercise.
massage
Massage promotes blood circulation and reduces blood flow back to the legs. Method: Push from the calf direction, from thumb and index finger from bottom to top. Massage can be performed at any time, and press wherever you feel sore.
If you massage before bedtime, you can not only reduce the swelling and soreness of your legs, but also help you get better sleep.
Raise your legs high
Expectant mothers at work can prepare a small stool in the office, put it on the calf area during the office, and raise their legs, which can help reduce the blood return in the legs.
Pound the legs
In addition to massage, leg pounding is also a good way to reduce edema. The pounding action can speed up the blood circulation in the legs, reduce the accumulation of body fluids, and effectively reduce edema. Pick up a magazine, a punch prop, or your own fist.
(2) Diet
Chinese food culture is broad and profound, all kinds of ingredients have different dispositions, different roles, and proper use is also a weapon to remove edema.
wax gourd
Winter melon is a famous fat reduction artifact, very low calories, high water content, is commonly known as zero fat food. Winter melon is rich in protein, vitamins, dietary fiber and minerals such as calcium and iron, which can reduce cholesterol in the human blood and prevent fat accumulation.
And its sodium content is low, but the potassium content is very high, is a very good water and swelling food.
carp
Carp as a kind of freshwater fish, carp is rich in high-quality protein, and this protein can promote the regression of edema, which has a good effect on pregnancy edema and fetal restlessness. When edema occurs during pregnancy, the carp and red beans can be stewed together, and the swelling reduction effect will be better.
Red beans
Red beans can not only replenish blood, but also reduce swelling and water, clear heat and detoxify the effect. Pregnant mothers can cook more red bean soup to drink during pregnancy. However, red beans are not easy to cook, it is recommended to soak for two hours before cooking.
Cucumber
Cucumber is sweet, cool, has the effect of clearing heat, detoxification, swelling and vitality. Raw cucumber is slightly cold, can be fried with eggs, can neutralize the cold nature of cucumbers, pregnancy can be appropriate to eat some Oh.
The above is the method of removing edema during pregnancy, and pregnant mothers who are troubled by this can use it
In short, if you want to go to edema, you must exercise appropriately with local massage, at the same time, the diet should not eat too salty, eat more light food, and appropriately supplement the food to edema, can achieve good results.
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