What causes sleepiness in early pregnancy?

It is easy to feel sleepy in the early stages of pregnancy, mainly because of changes in body hormones, which will cause some abnormal manifestations in the pregnant woman's body. Not only will it easily lead to physical fatigue and lack of energy, it will also easily cause women to experience nausea and vomiting. Sometimes the psychological mood will also become bad. These are all normal phenomena. Don't worry too much. You should strengthen your normal conditioning.

What causes sleepiness during pregnancy?

Generally speaking, it is normal for pregnant mothers to experience drowsiness. In the early stages of a woman's pregnancy, the increase in chorionic gonadotropin in the body will make the body abnormally tired, and will also lead to an irregular lifestyle and accompanied by drowsiness.

For this reason, pregnant mothers are sleepy, mostly because of certain hormones in the body. After pregnancy, the body will secrete a luteinizing hormone, the function of this hormone is to make the uterine muscles super soft and prevent miscarriage. But it also has another anesthetic effect, which will slow down the movements of pregnant women, so pregnant mothers always feel very sleepy. Therefore, it is normal to feel sleepy and want to sleep after pregnancy, so don’t be too nervous.

How to relieve the need to sleep all the time?

1. Arrange your daily schedule well and ensure adequate sleep. Adequate sleep is very necessary for pregnant mothers. Excessive activity should be avoided during the day, especially in the late pregnancy. You can do some relaxation exercises before bedtime to improve sleep quality.

2. Sleep whenever you want. Pregnant mothers can go to bed earlier. The body's workload will increase during pregnancy, so pregnant mothers should rest more, maintain a regular schedule, and avoid staying up late.

3. Pregnant mothers can develop the habit of taking a nap. If you are still working during pregnancy, it becomes very important for pregnant mothers to take a nap. In fact, you only need to close your eyes and rest for twenty minutes or take a short nap in one place.

How should pregnant mothers sleep?

The sleeping position of pregnant mothers is affected by the different stages of pregnancy and their usual sleeping posture habits. Before three months of pregnancy, the uterus does not change much and the sleeping position has little impact on the fetus, so there are no requirements for the sleeping position and the pregnant mother can sleep as she pleases.

In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, as the fetus develops rapidly, the uterus also grows rapidly. When the pregnant mother lies on her back, the uterus will compress the blood vessels in front of the spine. The walls of the inferior vena vein are relatively thin. Once compressed, they will hinder the blood from the kidneys from flowing back to the heart, thereby affecting the heart's blood output.

Long-term insufficient placental blood supply will cause the fetus to suffer from hypoxia or malnutrition, leading to fetal growth retardation. Therefore, it is better for pregnant women to sleep on their left side. Sleeping on the left side can not only reduce pregnancy edema, but also prevent the occurrence of pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome.