Why does my appetite decrease after pregnancy?

The joy I feel after becoming a mother is immense. Before we have fully experienced this feeling, morning sickness comes knocking on our door. When we face the complex emotions of being a mother for the first time, morning sickness becomes a chore that affects our body and mind, and in severe cases can even affect the health of the baby. It is necessary for us to learn some common sense.

Changes in progesterone and estrogen after pregnancy cause increased stomach acid and heartburn in pregnant women. In addition, the cardia becomes loose after pregnancy, and if you eat a little more, there will be a stomach acid reaction and a heartburn feeling. The increase in stomach acid can also cause the mother to vomit. There is a saying abroad that this is the result of the fetus's self-protection. For example, I loved eating bacon before I got pregnant, but I no longer liked it after I got pregnant.

Dangerous situations:

If the nausea and vomiting are severe, it is usually related to internal medicine diseases. For example, obese people have more severe early pregnancy reactions. It is also related to the increase in her overall metabolic rate.

There are huge individual differences among pregnant women, and for most people, nausea and vomiting will disappear in the first three months of pregnancy.

If she continues to vomit until the baby is born, we will have to check whether she has thyroid or internal medicine problems, or even severe nausea and vomiting.

If you vomit in a projectile manner, you also need to go to the hospital for examination.

Mitigation methods:

As for the general relief method, we believe that it is to let nature take its course and eat whatever you want.

You can eat some porridge during the early pregnancy period, especially since the early pregnancy reaction is most severe in the morning on an empty stomach. We recommend that pregnant women eat some soda crackers or baked bread slices and other pasta in the morning. Because pregnant women with early pregnancy reactions generally do not like sweet food, it would be better to eat salty soda crackers.

Don’t worry that your child will be malnourished due to eating less in the early stages of pregnancy, because your body’s nutritional reserves at this time can fully meet the needs of the fetus in the early stages of pregnancy.

But we have to insist on eating, even if you vomit, you have to eat again immediately. Some pregnant women often say that they really can’t eat and they vomit as soon as the food enters their stomach. You should take food as medicine. Because as long as it enters the stomach, it will be absorbed even if it comes into contact with the mucous membrane of the esophagus. Avoid your body from producing ketone bodies, which are harmful to children. Even if you are about to vomit, keep vomiting. You can eat while vomiting and the therapeutic effect can still be maintained.

If you are afraid of vomiting and don't eat anything, you will soon become severely dehydrated, which is very harmful to both the pregnant woman and the fetus.

It is normal to like sour food during early pregnancy. Not many people like spicy food during the early stages of pregnancy. Generally, people prefer spicy food in the middle and late stages. This is because sour foods stimulate the taste buds and digestive tract motility of pregnant women, so food can be digested and absorbed normally, which is good for her body. It also promotes the secretion of gastric juice. Some people secrete too much gastric juice, which will cause acid reflux.

Every female friend is excited, happy and full of happiness after becoming a mother. In addition, we will undergo many different subtle changes during pregnancy. It is nothing to have a poor appetite. This is a normal phenomenon. We should master the relevant knowledge in this regard in time and be responsible for the health of our baby.