There are many causes of insomnia during pregnancy, such as due to changes in hormone levels and eating habits, leg cramps, frequent urination, and large emotional fluctuations.
1. Changes in hormones during pregnancy
Due to the increase in progesterone levels in the first trimester, pregnant mothers will often feel sleepy and tired, but there are still many pregnant mothers who will have insomnia problems.
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2. Physical discomfort
As your baby grows and your uterus enlarges, so does the pressure on your bladder. If the baby is particularly active at night, the pregnant mother is even more indispensable at night. In addition, with the enlargement of the fetus, pregnant mothers often cannot maintain a position for too long, otherwise it is either back pain or leg discomfort.
3. Emotional ups and downs
It is inevitable that the new mother will have some complicated emotions, not only the joy of not being eager to see the baby, but also the anxiety of being about to shoulder a small life, worrying that she will not be able to learn to be a good mother. Therefore, many pregnant mothers will become sensitive and anxious.
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If insomnia is serious, it will affect the health of pregnant women and the development of the fetus, and it is necessary to take effective ways to alleviate insomnia in a timely manner:
1. Keep a calm mind: go out for a walk appropriately, communicate more with your family, and maintain a stable attitude. Reduce the irrational cognition and fear of sleep, and break the vicious circle of anxiety because of insomnia, and the more anxiety, the more insomnia.
2, control the diet: if the appetite is good, but also proper control. Eating too much before bedtime can easily cause physical burden. In addition, coffee, tea, and fried foods should also be reduced.
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3. Drink less water before going to bed, avoid frequent toilets, and affect the quality of sleep.
4, adjust the sleeping position and calcium supplementation: if you often cramp during sleep, you may wish to adjust the sleeping position, as far as possible to take the left side of the lying position to fall asleep, and pay attention to the warmth of the lower limbs, pay attention to whether there is a lack of calcium, timely supplement calcium.
5. Do not do mental work that is easy to cause excitement within 1 hour before going to bed, or watch books, periodicals and film and television programs that are easy to cause excitement;
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6, sleep environment: bedroom environment should be quiet, comfortable, maintain the appropriate light and temperature.
Data are lacking on the safety of sedative-hypnotic drugs during pregnancy. Not recommended at the moment.