Early pregnancy care and precautions - leave it to your wife

If you have a wife who is preparing to have a baby at home, then you need to pay attention to these things, such as how to take care of yourself during early pregnancy and pay attention to some matters so that you can get a healthy baby.

1. Avoid adverse factors

In the early stages of pregnancy, special attention should be paid to avoid exposure to adverse factors in the external environment that may affect embryo development. These adverse factors in the external environment are chemical and physical.

Chemical ones include: pesticides in agriculture; some metals in industry, such as mercury, lead, arsenic, lithium, etc.; solvents such as benzene and xylene; and some drugs.

Physical factors include: X-rays, radioactive isotopes, noise, etc. These harmful factors will at least affect the development of the embryo and easily cause deformities.

2. Relieve early pregnancy symptoms

Symptoms: Early pregnancy symptoms include nausea, vomiting, salivation, preference for sour foods, aversion to greasy foods, gastrointestinal bloating with burning sensation, fullness in the upper abdomen, and constipation.

Of course, everyone has different symptoms of early pregnancy, which is related to personal hormones. Generally, pregnant women will gradually feel some abnormal phenomena after menopause. This is because the vomiting center cannot temporarily adapt to the increased estrogen in the body, or it may be related to psychological factors.

The earliest reaction is fear of cold, followed by fatigue, sleepiness, dizziness, nausea, nausea, loss of appetite, picky eating, preference for sour food, fear of greasy smells, and increased saliva secretion. You may even vomit when you wake up early, and in severe cases, you may also feel dizzy, tired, and listless. Early pregnancy reactions usually last up to 3 months, but some people have longer early pregnancy reactions, which may not disappear until 16 to 18 weeks of pregnancy.

Of course, you may also have frequent urination and breast pain in early pregnancy. Frequent urination is because the enlarged uterus in early pregnancy presses the bladder in the pelvic cavity, resulting in frequent urination. When the uterus continues to grow and goes beyond the pelvic cavity, the symptom of frequent urination disappears, so frequent urination is one of the bases for diagnosing early pregnancy. Breast pain is due to the stimulation of estrogen and progesterone after pregnancy, which makes the breasts enlarged and painful, and there are small nodules on the areola. There is no need to be nervous about these.

Response: How to relieve early pregnancy reactions?

Early pregnancy reaction is a normal physiological phenomenon of pregnancy. Although it is not a disease, this process makes expectant mothers feel uncomfortable. Moreover, this is the golden period of embryo development. Generally, no medicine is given to relieve various discomforts, so other methods can only be used to relieve this discomfort. The following suggestions and methods can be used as a reference for expectant mothers.

1) Psychological victory. Keep a relaxed and happy mood, avoid tension, excitement, anxiety, sadness and other negative psychological states, which can reduce the degree of pregnancy vomiting. The more afraid of vomiting, the more obvious the symptoms will be, so you might as well try to divert and distract the attention from vomiting. Enhance the confidence of pregnant women to overcome pregnancy reactions. In addition, a comfortable and relaxed environment can alleviate symptoms.

2) Dietary suggestions. Pay attention to the shape, color and taste of food to stimulate the appetite of pregnant women. Choose food that is easy to digest and absorb, which helps prevent vomiting.

3) Do some moderate activities. You should not stay in bed all day just because you feel nauseous and vomit. This will only aggravate the early pregnancy reaction. If you do not do enough activities, symptoms such as nausea, poor appetite, and fatigue will become more serious, which can easily lead to a vicious cycle. Appropriately participate in some light activities, such as outdoor walks and maternal health exercises, which can improve your mood, strengthen your body, and reduce early pregnancy reactions.

4) Try to stay away from the smell of kitchen fumes, as pregnant women have a more sensitive sense of taste.

3. Diet and nutrition

In the early stages of pregnancy, expectant mothers generally have a reduced appetite, so they must eat scientifically to ensure adequate nutrient intake.

1) Eat what you want when you can, reduce the amount you eat each time, and eat small and frequent meals. You can also use fruits, milk, eggs, and snacks to replace meals, and increase the frequency of intake to make up for the lack of calories to ensure the necessary calories for physical activities. An empty stomach is more likely to cause nausea, so it is better to eat a small amount of snacks every 2 to 3 hours and before going to bed.

2) Drinking more water and eating more vegetables and other foods rich in fiber and vitamin B1 can prevent constipation, which may aggravate the symptoms of early pregnancy.

3) Improving the dining environment can change the mood and stimulate the appetite of pregnant women.

4) Avoid adverse stimuli such as greasy, fried food, food with artificial flavors, cooking smells and other stimuli.

5) Avoid lying down half an hour after eating to prevent nausea caused by acid reflux.

6) To reduce vomiting, do not eat too much during the three meals to avoid stomach discomfort or nausea and vomiting.

7) Snacks: prepare small amounts of a variety of foods, such as soda biscuits, whole-wheat bread, light snacks, dairy products, etc. When you feel stomach discomfort, eat them immediately to relieve the discomfort.

8) Do not refuse to eat for fear of causing early pregnancy reaction. Even if you vomit, you should still eat. As long as some food remains in the stomach, it can be digested and absorbed.

9) Increase body fluids to avoid dehydration. People who vomit frequently should choose porridge, lotus root powder, sour plum soup, watermelon juice, and juicy fruits, which can increase water and nutrition and adjust the taste.

10) Do not blindly supplement excessive nutrition during this period, because many pregnant women blindly supplement excessive nutrition, and they rest more and do less exercise on weekdays. Clinically, more than half of pregnant women are overweight, and gestational hypertension and diabetes are even more common.

4. Weight management

Pregnant women's weight control is not about losing weight, but about achieving nutritional balance. Weight should be gradually increased throughout pregnancy. In the first three months of pregnancy, the average weight gain is 0.5 to 1 kg per month, but the weight gain rate of each woman is different. It should be noted that too little weight gain is related to premature birth or low birth weight. On the other hand, gaining too much weight increases the possibility of a caesarean section, and will make you feel uncomfortable during pregnancy and more easily tired.

5. Psychological adjustment

Many pregnant women will be nervous when they find out they are pregnant. They will worry about this and that and cannot take it easy. In fact, there is no need to be nervous. The mental state and emotional changes of women during pregnancy directly affect the development of the fetus in the body and the development of the child's personality and psychological quality when he grows up. So once pregnancy becomes a fact, you should accept it happily.

6. Ultrasound examination

If there is no abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding, an ultrasound examination can be performed 60 days after menstruation to understand the implantation site of the embryo sac and the development of the embryo. If there is abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding, an ultrasound examination should be performed at any time.