Recently, Xiaohua's friend Xiaomeng was pregnant with a second child, and she was a little depressed while excited. It turned out that when I was pregnant with my first child, I could eat, drink and sleep without a little morning sickness. Now the second child, completely the opposite of the first child, just 8 weeks pregnant, has morning sickness, the sense of smell has become extremely sensitive, can not smell any peculiar smell, smell a little peculiar smell and vomit wildly. Not only that, but when you are hungry, you can't eat anything if you want to. Many people have heard the saying: "The more you vomit, the better and smarter the baby will develop!" "Is this true? Is morning sickness so uncomfortable that you can only endure it?
There are many symptoms of early pregnancy, and morning sickness is the most common one. Many expectant mothers do not know much about the symptoms of morning sickness, what is the cause of morning sickness? The effect of morning sickness on the fetus, how to relieve morning sickness? Let's learn more about morning sickness!
Morning sickness is mainly caused by 2 aspects:
1. In early pregnancy, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) levels, elevated estrogen levels stimulate the vomiting nerves of the brain, so they want to vomit inexplicably.
The layman's point is that when the hCG value is higher, the more serious the symptoms of morning sickness in the expectant mother. Morning sickness generally occurs in the first trimester, and studies have reported nausea and vomiting at 6 weeks of pregnancy, and most expectant mothers will slowly disappear at 4 months of pregnancy, but a small number of expectant mothers will continue to vomit until the baby is born.
2. Weakened gastrointestinal peristalsis
Due to the slowdown of gastrointestinal digestion and peristalsis in the early stages of pregnancy, food retention for a long time will cause flatulence, thereby causing nausea and vomiting. In this important stage of early pregnancy, in order not to let the mother eat too much, the fetus develops too fast or is unstimulated, the body will automatically adjust in terms of smell and taste, and produce morning sickness when stimulated to protect the fetus.
3. Personal physique
Of course, different pregnant women have different reactions to morning sickness. Some are unharmed, and some vomit until the fetus is born. Even if there is no morning sickness reaction at all, there is no need to be anxious, and the absence of morning sickness does not mean that the fetus is unhealthy. Pregnant women who are usually prone to motion sickness and seasickness are more likely to have morning sickness, and pregnant women with heavier moisture and weak spleen and stomach are also prone to morning sickness.
What can I relieve morning sickness? Just keep the following 3 aspects in mind.
1. Balanced nutrition, light diet
Pregnant women can not be picky eaters, partial eaters, pay attention to foods rich in protein, calcium, iron, zinc, vitamins, folic acid should also continue to supplement. Try to eat small, frequent meals to avoid frequent fullness. Avoid greasy and irritating foods. For example garlic, peppers, onions, green onions, pepper, leeks. Greasy foods include fried foods, fatty meats, chicken soup. Mild or dry foods may be consumed in the morning with morning sickness. When morning sickness is severe, such as vomiting every time you eat, and sometimes even feeling that you vomit more than eating, in order to avoid dehydration of the body, you can drink warm water in small sips many times.
2. Take a moderate amount of rest and maintain a good attitude
It should be emphasized here that rest is not absolutely bedridden, for mothers with severe morning sickness. If absolute bed rest is prone to deep vein thrombosis, in layman's terms, it is easy to block blood vessels. In addition to moderate rest, we must maintain a good attitude, constantly remind ourselves, tell yourself that morning sickness is normal, through diet adjustments and life changes, morning sickness can be improved, and symptoms will slowly disappear.
3. Avoid sensitive substances
For substances that stimulate morning sickness in life, try to avoid contact, such as strong smell perfume, fried food, odorous sewers, etc., away from these environments and items, to a large extent from the source of morning sickness.
Tips
The degree of morning sickness is related to the individual's physical fitness, mild and moderate morning sickness generally does not require treatment and will not cause adverse effects on the baby. As long as you pay attention to the above 3 aspects, you can relieve morning sickness. It is worth noting that when vomiting seriously affects normal life, you should still go to the hospital for examination in time.