What should pregnant women do if they have a bloated belly?

When women are pregnant, they are prone to bloating. After pregnancy, the stomach acid of pregnant women is too high, which can easily lead to indigestion. In addition, the increase of progesterone secreted during pregnancy can also affect gastrointestinal motility, so the defecation function will also be affected. Pregnant women may experience constipation. This will cause bloating in the stomach. So what should pregnant women do when they have bloating?

1. Eat more vegetables, fruits and high-fiber foods to promote gastrointestinal motility and develop a daily bowel movement habit.

2. Take an appropriate amount of perilla leaves and add water to boil. The amount and proportion are not limited. It can promote qi circulation and strengthen the spleen and stomach. You can also use tangerine peel (fresh tangerine peel) instead of perilla.

3. Starting from the lower right abdomen, massage in a clockwise direction with gentle force, 10 to 20 circles each time, 2 to 3 times a day, to help relieve abdominal bloating.

4. Pay attention to your diet. You must eat small meals frequently, and the food should mainly consist of vegetables and nutritious soups. Do not eat meat or fish every day.

5. Be careful not to eat too many kinds of food at each meal, and do not eat too liquid food, because liquid food is not necessarily easy to digest. On the contrary, pregnant women can choose to eat semi-solid foods such as oatmeal.

6. Intestinal peristalsis can be promoted through whole body or waist muscle activities. Doing proper exercise such as walking during pregnancy can also promote intestinal motility and relieve bloating.

7. Drink enough water, drink boiled water before breakfast, and consume at least 2,000cc of water every day. You can also add a little honey to the water to prevent the stool from drying out, but use a small amount as a rule.

8. If a pregnant woman eats a lot of food when she feels bloated, it will increase the burden on gastrointestinal digestion and make the bloating worse. Therefore, pregnant women may wish to change their habit of eating three meals a day to eating six to eight meals a day, with smaller portions at each meal.

9. Eat spicy foods in moderation. Spicy foods such as ginger, scallions, and garlic can promote gastrointestinal motility and warm the body, so they can be taken in moderation.

The above article introduces some methods that can solve the problem of bloating in pregnant women, but these methods are not effective for everyone. Therefore, when pregnant women have bloating, they should massage their stomachs more and eat more foods containing dietary fiber, which can speed up gastrointestinal motility and promote defecation to solve the problem of bloating. Avoid foods that cause bloating, especially beans.