The day before yesterday, everyone was chatting in the group, and a mother-to-be couldn't help but complain:
"When I was pregnant with a baby, I had a strong morning sickness, and after a few months of hard work, the morning sickness finally disappeared, and the result began to 'burn my heart', which was really endless."
As the saying goes, "pregnant women have reflux, there are five or six out of ten", many parts of the mainland will call "heartburn" and "reflux", and many expectant mothers will be troubled in the second trimester and third trimester.
Like some other discomfort during pregnancy, there are various folk sayings about "heartburn".
For example, it is said that pregnant women feel heartburn because the baby is growing hair, and the more serious the heartburn, the more lush the baby's hair will be in the future, resulting in some expectant mothers once hoping that "the storm will come more fiercely".
In fact, of course, there is no scientific basis for this, although the expectant mother feels that "heartburn" is indeed related to the baby, but it is not caused by long hair, and the expectant mother must not guess and be misled.
Feeling "heartburn" during pregnancy, what is the relationship with the fetal treasure?
1. Hormonal changes in the body
After conceiving the baby, the hormone level in the mother-to-be will change greatly, during pregnancy, progesterone (also known as progesterone) will not only make the smooth muscle of the uterus relax, but also let the cardia that separates the esophagus and the stomach relax, which is easy to make the stomach acid flow back to the esophagus, so that the expectant mother has a "heartburn".
And progesterone in addition to the most important midwives, but also has the effect of slowing down the human gastrointestinal peristalsis, food stays in the stomach for a longer time, these residual foods in the stomach will be more likely to stimulate the esophagus, resulting in "heartburn" symptoms.
2. Uterine enlargement
As the baby grows up day by day, the mother-to-be's uterus will continue to enlarge, and then compress the stomach upwards, making the pressure in the stomach increase.
The rate of gastric emptying slows down and slows down, which will also easily regurgitate gastric acid to the lower part of the esophagus, causing a burning sensation in the mother-to-be's stomach and feeling "heartburn".
How to relieve "heartburn" during pregnancy?
1. Eat less and eat more
Expectant mothers should pay attention to eating less and more meals in their eating habits, low-fat and low-sugar, especially to avoid overeating, the more food in the stomach, the easier it is to regurgitate to the esophagus.
2. Eat less irritating foods
Some spicy, raw and cold foods will stimulate the mucous membranes of the esophagus and aggravate the heartburn, and expectant mothers should try to eat as little as possible.
In addition, because tea and coffee contain caffeine, it will relax the esophageal sphincter and cause heartburn, and expectant mothers need to drink as little as possible.
3. Avoid eating before going to bed and avoid lying down after eating
Expectant mothers should avoid eating within 2-3 hours before going to bed, and try not to lie down for half an hour to 1 hour after eating, because the food in the stomach will be easier to regurgitate to the esophagus after lying down, if the expectant mother can stand for a while, you can accelerate the flow of food and slow down the symptoms of heartburn.
4. Wear loose and comfortable clothes
Expectant mothers should try to wear some loose and comfortable clothing, especially do not let the clothes strangle the waist and abdomen, so as not to give too much pressure to the stomach, resulting in reflux, when you need to make a bending action, try to use knee bending instead.
Avoid all kinds of discomfort during pregnancy, and scientific conception is very important
In fact, in addition to "heartburn", expectant mothers in pregnancy can be called "all the way bumpy", from morning sickness, dizziness, constipation, to edema, frequent urination, bloating, etc., often appear a variety of discomfort.
For these situations, expectant mothers and fathers must enrich their minds by learning science to nurture knowledge. After all, from pregnancy to pregnancy and child-rearing is a process full of a lot of new knowledge, we have no experience before, we must learn to be a mother and a father.
It is recommended that expectant mothers and fathers usually learn knowledge through the network platform, and the usual questions can also be recorded, and the doctor can be consulted during the obstetric examination, and generally can get a reliable answer.
Old Miao Conclusion:
It is not easy to conceive a new life, expectant mothers will inevitably encounter a variety of problems, there are all kinds of discomfort, only by learning science to nurture knowledge, can we solve problems and alleviate discomfort.
Today's topic: What problems have you encountered during pregnancy?