Can I climb stairs during late pregnancy?

The closer the due date is, the more the pregnant woman should keep a calm mood, which will help the birth of the fetus and welcome the arrival of the fetus with a new look. If a pregnant woman chooses a natural birth, she should do more exercises that help with the birth before the baby is born. Among them, climbing stairs is a way that many people say helps with childbirth. So can pregnant women really climb stairs to promote normal delivery in late pregnancy?

1. Many people believe that climbing stairs helps with childbirth, but this is not always the case.

A pregnant woman insisted on climbing stairs during pregnancy in order to help her have a normal delivery. But when it came time to give birth, the umbilicus was severely wrapped around the neck, making natural delivery impossible. The only option was a cesarean section, and climbing the stairs did not produce the desired result.

Ms. Zhang, a 37-week pregnant mother, climbed 10 flights of stairs every day to ensure a smooth delivery. However, climbing the stairs not only did not help Ms. Zhang give birth smoothly, but instead caused her to suffer heavy bleeding. Although she was rushed to the hospital in time, the full-term baby was ultimately lost.

Treating climbing stairs as a magic weapon, the results were far from satisfactory. From the above two cases, we can see that pregnant mothers should not blindly perform stair climbing exercises to avoid causing unnecessary harm to themselves or the fetus.

2. The impact of climbing stairs on pregnant women

Benefits: Enhance the health of pregnant mothers

Climbing stairs for pregnant women can produce the effect of exercise, strengthen the heart function of the expectant mother, and also exercise the pelvis. It can also exercise the thigh and buttocks muscles of pregnant women, enhance their physical strength, speed up delivery and promote postpartum recovery.

Harm: Harm to pregnant mothers and babies

Pregnant women are heavier, and climbing stairs will increase the pressure on the spine and friction on the knee joints. Therefore, climbing stairs too much can easily cause back pain and knee injuries. Especially when going down stairs, the possibility of injury is higher. In addition, climbing stairs will contract the abdomen and increase abdominal pressure, which is not good for pregnant women and fetuses.

In fact, pregnant mothers can climb stairs in daily life, but there is no need to deliberately treat climbing stairs as an exercise for the purpose of normal delivery, because climbing stairs is not a suitable exercise for pregnant women, and climbing stairs too much may harm mother and baby. In daily life, if pregnant mothers need to climb stairs to go up and down the stairs, they should pay attention to their physical condition and be careful.

3. Precautions for pregnant women climbing stairs

1. Avoid going up and down stairs too many times each time

2. Pregnant women should not climb stairs excessively. They should know when to stop and it is best not to climb more than 4 flights of stairs. Because climbing stairs increases the pressure on the spine, excessive climbing can cause back pain and knee injuries.

3. Don’t carry heavy objects up and down the stairs

4. Pregnant women will experience increased abdominal pressure when going up and down stairs. If they carry heavy objects up and down the stairs, the abdominal pressure will be even greater, making it more likely for miscarriage, premature birth, etc. to occur. If you accidentally step on empty air, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, in order to reduce the housework burden of pregnant women, it is better for the husband to take charge of household chores.

5. Don’t rush when going up and down stairs

6. Pregnant women must pay attention to the correct walking method and correct movements when going up and down stairs. Don't be too anxious, and go up and down slowly step by step. If you walk too fast, it is easy to slip when going up and down the stairs, causing harm to yourself and your baby, and then you will regret it.

7. Pregnant women should try to hold the handrails when going up and down stairs

8. Pregnant women should hold the handrails when going up and down the stairs, and avoid talking on the phone or picking up things while walking up the stairs to prevent the risk of falling.

There are certain benefits for pregnant women to climb stairs appropriately, but if they climb stairs blindly, it will only affect the health of mother and child, and may even threaten the health of the fetus. I hope the above introduction will be helpful to everyone.

This article introduces in detail the pros and cons of climbing stairs for pregnant women in the late stages of pregnancy. If you are a pregnant woman in the late stages of pregnancy, then you can climb the stairs appropriately, which can still have a very good effect in assisting delivery. But you must be especially careful when climbing stairs, and never hurt your body by climbing stairs.