Pregnant women with heartburn have their babies growing hair

Finally, after getting through all the discomforts in the early stages of pregnancy, most pregnant women believe that their appetite will increase in the second trimester of pregnancy, and they can indulge in all kinds of eating and drinking to make up for all the nutrients lost in the early stages of pregnancy. But unexpectedly, new inconveniences came knocking on the door - frequent gastrointestinal discomforts such as heartburn and acid reflux, which affected the appetite.

Is there some truth to the saying that “heartburn in the middle and late stages of pregnancy is the baby growing hair”?

When many elderly people see pregnant women having such things, they will say "it's the fetus growing hair". It is true that the fetus will grow hair around four months of pregnancy, and many pregnant mothers tend to experience heartburn at this time, but this is not actually the case.

Although the symptoms of "heartburn" in pregnant mothers are close to the time when the fetus grows hair, there is no correlation between heartburn and fetal hair growth.

In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, there are many reasons why pregnant mothers experience "heartburn"

The role of hormone supplementation.

Affected by the increased growth hormone during pregnancy, the smooth muscle will relax and the smooth muscle tension will decrease, which will cause the pyloric muscle of the stomach to weaken and cause the food in the stomach to reflux, so pregnant mothers will experience heartburn.

In addition, corpus luteum copper will inhibit the contraction of the esophagus and intestines, slowing down the digestive ability of pregnant women, which is also prone to the feeling of "stomach burning".

The loaded stomach is squeezed into shape by the uterus.

As the fetus grows, the uterus will become larger and larger, and will also "expand the chassis" around it. The stomach will be squeezed upwards, and after eating, the gastric juice will easily be "pushed" back into the esophagus, causing gastric reflux, which is also a common cause of heartburn.