Three months pregnant, the chest is good

Pregnancy is a very difficult time for women. Women need to pay attention to many things during pregnancy. Some pregnant women feel pain in their chests when they are three months pregnant, but they can't find any reason. As a result, they think they have some chest disease. But in fact, the pain in the chests of pregnant women is mainly caused by pregnancy reactions. Let's take a look at this issue now.

What is pregnancy reaction

1. Definition

In the early stages of pregnancy (approximately six weeks after menstruation stops), the secretion of human chorionic gonadotropin in the pregnant woman's body increases, the amount of gastric acid decreases, and the gastric emptying time becomes longer, causing the pregnant woman to experience a series of symptoms such as dizziness, loss of appetite, and aversion to greasy food. This is the pregnancy reaction.

2. Time of appearance

The pregnancy reactions that women experience in early pregnancy are affected by changes in hormones and HCG levels. However, due to individual differences, expectant mothers' pregnancy reactions will be different. The time when pregnancy symptoms occur is also related to the physical condition of the pregnant woman, but it usually occurs about 40 days after amenorrhea. In addition, pregnancy reactions will also be affected by hormone levels. Some pregnant women may not have symptoms, but common symptoms include nausea, vomiting, etc.

3. End time

Generally speaking, most pregnancy reactions will disappear around the twelfth week of pregnancy and no special treatment is required. In the early stages of pregnancy, that is, before the twelfth week of pregnancy, the fetus is in a period of intense differentiation, and pregnant women will experience pregnancy reactions such as nausea and vomiting due to physical changes. By the middle of pregnancy, which is around the twelfth week of pregnancy, the fetus is basically formed and the reaction will be alleviated or disappear.

Causes of pregnancy reactions

Pregnancy reaction is a physiological reaction and generally does not require treatment if the condition is mild. However, the cause of morning sickness is still unclear, but it may be related to hormonal effects and an imbalance in mental state.

1. Hormones

The influence of hormones means that the HCG content in the body reaches its peak when morning sickness is most severe in early pregnancy; if a woman is pregnant with twins or blister-like fetal masses, the HCG content in her body will increase and morning sickness will worsen. These situations all indicate that pregnancy reactions are related to hormone levels.

2. Adrenal cortex function

If the adrenal cortex function of the expectant mother is weakened, resulting in insufficient secretion of corticosteroids, the water and sugar metabolism in the pregnant woman's body will also be affected, resulting in symptoms such as dizziness. The general means of relieving symptoms is corticosteroids or ACTH treatment. Therefore, it is believed that adrenal cortex function is related to vomiting during pregnancy.

3. Other reasons

Some people also believe that a lack of vitamin B6 in the body can also lead to pregnancy reactions and aggravate vomiting symptoms. If dysmenorrhea during menstruation is very severe, the chance of hyperemesis gravidarum increases.

What are the manifestations of pregnancy reactions

1. Severe pregnancy reactions

Some women vomit severely after pregnancy. They will vomit whether they have eaten or not, and the vomiting frequency is very high. Not only will the food be vomited out, but also gastric juice, bile and even blood, as if it is about to vomit out of the stomach and intestines. If a pregnant woman vomits very severely, it will lead to insufficient water and electrolyte levels in the body, and examination will show positive urine ketone bodies. At this time, pregnant women need to seek medical attention in time to regulate water and electrolyte disorders and acid-base imbalance.

2. Changes in taste

Not all pregnant women like to eat sour food. The so-called "sour boy, spicy girl" is just a rumor. Everyone has different tastes. If a pregnant woman prefers to have a boy or a girl and believes in the so-called "sour boy, spicy girl", then she will subconsciously like spicy or sour food, but this does not mean anything. Around the sixth week of pregnancy, pregnant women may experience vomiting, dizziness, and a craving for sour food, especially when getting up early on an empty stomach. These reactions usually disappear by the twelfth week of pregnancy. Some pregnant women will not experience any pregnancy reactions, while others may experience pregnancy reactions throughout the entire pregnancy. For some pregnant women, the reaction may only last for one day. The severity and onset of individual pregnancy reactions can also vary; some pregnant women simply experience nausea, while others experience severe vomiting. Some women will experience morning sickness about thirty days after their menstrual period ends, while some pregnant women will experience it fifty days after their menstrual period ends.

3. Psychological implications of eating during morning sickness

When a pregnant woman has a gastrointestinal disease, she may vomit because she cannot absorb and digest the food she eats. Vomiting during pregnancy does not cause organic damage to the stomach and intestines, but psychological factors are very important. Pregnant women should have this idea: I am healthy and as long as I eat actively, I can provide enough nutrition for the baby in my belly.

There was a time before when many pregnant women in Europe and the United States gave birth to a large number of deformed babies because they took a drug called "Thalidomide" that can relieve morning sickness. Such incidents taught humanity a heavy lesson. Morning sickness is not a disease, so there is no need to take too many countermeasures, especially to avoid the harm of folk remedies and the indiscriminate use of medications. Learn to accept it because it is a unique experience. If a pregnant woman is very worried that the fetus will vomit because of her frequent vomiting, the symptoms of vomiting will be aggravated. Vomiting is a very common condition. If you maintain an optimistic attitude, you can reduce vomiting and shorten the duration of pregnancy reaction.

4. Excessive saliva

Excessive saliva is also a symptom of pregnancy reaction, which usually occurs in pregnant women who feel nauseous when waking up in the morning. This is a normal situation and there is no need to worry too much. If a pregnant woman feels annoyed by excessive saliva secretion, or feels embarrassed in front of others, she can chew gum or use mint toothpaste. Brushing teeth will not affect children. Remember to rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth.

5. Increased vaginal discharge

During pregnancy, pregnant women will feel that their vaginal secretions increase. This is normal, and vaginal secretions have a self-cleaning effect, which plays a role in protecting the vagina and uterus. Pregnant women need to distinguish whether the secretions are normal: Generally speaking, vaginal secretions have a slightly fishy smell, but are tolerable and have no odor, and are whitish or slightly yellowish in color. If the smell and color are abnormal, you need to seek medical attention immediately. Pregnant women should pay attention to cleaning the vagina and, if necessary, purchase special cleaning solutions for pregnant women. Talk to your doctor before purchasing any medicated lotions.

6. Increased waist circumference

Expectant mothers should be fully prepared because their waistlines will increase. Don't be attached to your old clothes, but choose clothes that are appropriate for your pregnancy. It is best to wear casual clothing and buy clothes with belts or drawstrings so that you can adjust them yourself. You can also wear your husband's T-shirt or buy one for yourself. It is not recommended to buy a lot of maternity clothes that can only be worn for two or three months.

How to reduce pregnancy reactions

1. Nausea and vomiting, and inability to eat

(1) Eat small meals frequently and avoid fasting.

(2) Eat a light diet and avoid greasy or heavy foods. If morning sickness is severe, you may want to eat some bread, biscuits and other foods. It is best to wait an hour after eating a dry snack before drinking water.

(3) Pay attention to replenishing water and avoid dehydration. Bananas and sports drinks can replenish the electrolytes needed by the human body.

(4) Open windows for ventilation to ensure fresh air in the house and avoid places with odors as much as possible.

2. Weak limbs and easy fatigue

(1) Avoid eating raw, cold, or indigestible foods as much as possible.

(2) Appropriately reduce exercise and work, and make sure to get enough rest.

(3) Supplement more electrolytes to relieve symptoms such as dizziness and fatigue.

3. Food in the stomach refluxes into the esophagus, chest burning

(1) Do not lie down or bend over within three hours after a meal.

(2) Do not eat or drink anything three hours before bedtime, but you can drink warm water.

(3) Do not smoke or drink, and try not to eat spicy or greasy foods. Do not eat chocolate.

(4) When sleeping, you can raise the pillow slightly, about 2-3 inches.

4. Prone to insomnia at night

(1) Sleeping time should be fixed every day.

(2) It is recommended to sleep on your left side to prevent obstruction of venous return in the legs.

(3) Take a warm bath or drink a glass of hot milk before going to bed. However, the bath water temperature should not exceed 40 degrees Celsius. Adding a little lavender bath salt can promote sleep.

(4) Relax your mind. If you cannot fall asleep, close your eyes and rest, and communicate with the baby in your heart.

5. Sometimes you get cramps while sleeping

(1) When you rest at night, try to wear long pants and slightly elevate your feet.

(2) You can do some gymnastics, or some exercise such as walking and climbing stairs.

(3) Eat more foods rich in calcium, or supplement calcium by taking calcium tablets.

(4) When you have cramps, you can ask your family to help with massage or hot compresses. You can straighten your legs and then pull the soles of your feet towards you to relieve the discomfort of cramps.

6. Constipation

(1) Eat more foods rich in fiber, such as lettuce.

(2) Do not drink tea excessively and try not to eat foods such as chocolate and potatoes.

(3) You can do some exercise every day, such as radio gymnastics.

(4) Maintain a reasonable lifestyle.

(5) Drink a glass of water before breakfast. You should drink at least 1,500 ml of water every day.

7. Foot edema

(1) Control your salt intake, but there is no need to limit water intake.

(2) Do not stand or sit all the time; take a break by elevating your feet frequently.

8. Dizziness

(1) Do not stand for long periods of time to avoid overexertion.

(2) Move slowly when changing postures.

(3) Try not to go to crowded places or places with poor ventilation.

9. Back pain

(1) Do not bend over when picking up items. Instead, squat down and pick them up.

(2) You can use a belly support belt, but it is best not to wear high heels or lift heavy objects.

(3) Take breaks. It is best to take a five to ten minute break every hour of work.

(4) Perform prenatal exercises as directed by your doctor.

Diet therapy for vomiting during pregnancy

During the stage when pregnancy reactions are more severe, pregnant women should adhere to two principles in their diet: first, the diet should be light, eat more fruits and vegetables, and foods such as biscuits can be used as staple foods. The second is to eat small meals frequently, and the dietary strategy is: pay attention to the shape, color and taste of food, and change the size of food to stimulate appetite. Eat as much of the food as you want while you can. Try to eat small meals frequently, drink plenty of water, and eat more foods rich in vitamins and fiber to avoid constipation. In addition, create a good dining environment to promote appetite.

Diet therapy for vomiting during pregnancy:

1. Ginger and orange peel

Ingredients: 10g each of ginger and orange peel.

Method: Add brown sugar to the prepared ingredients to season, put them into a pot and cook them into sugar water for drinking.

2. Raw Lentil Flour

Ingredients: 75g lentils.

Method: Dry the prepared raw lentils in the sun, grind them into powder after they are dry, take 10g each time and add it to rice soup to drink.

3. Preserved mustard greens and lean pork

Ingredients: 15g each of pickled mustard greens and pickled mustard tubers, 100g lean pork shreds, and appropriate amounts of salt and MSG.

Method: Put appropriate amount of water in the pot, then add the ingredients and cook together, add seasoning after boiling.

4. Fresh lemon juice

Ingredients: 500g fresh lemon, white sugar.

Method: First wash, peel and core the prepared lemon, then cut into small pieces and put into the pot. At the same time, add 250 grams of white sugar. After leaving it for a day, cook on low heat until the juice is dried up. After it cools down, add a little white sugar and you can eat it. Prepare one dose per day and take it in two divided doses.

5. Persimmon Calyx Stove Core Soil

Ingredients: 15g persimmon calyx, 30g stove core soil.

Method: Put the prepared ingredients and water in a pot and cook them together. After boiling, filter the residue, add sugar and drink the juice.

6. Sugarcane juice

Ingredients: sugarcane, ginger juice.

Method: First squeeze the prepared sugarcane juice, then mix it with ginger juice and drink it.

7. Ginger, chives and lettuce juice

Ingredients: 20g ginger, 50g each of leek and lettuce.

Method: Mash all the ingredients, filter out the juice, and then drink it. Drink twice a day, one week as a course of treatment.

8. Pear Clove

Ingredients: 1 pear, 15 cloves.

Method: Wash the pears, remove the cores, then stuff the cloves into the pears and steam them. After steaming, take out the cloves and eat the pears.

Precautions for pregnancy reactions

1. Stay in a good mood and know that morning sickness is not a disease. You can relieve pregnancy reactions by diverting your attention, such as going to the movies, visiting the park, etc. Remember to keep eating so that you can provide nutrition for your baby in your belly.

2. If the pregnant woman likes sour food, you can prepare some snacks such as plums; if the pregnant woman has no big reaction to cold food, she can eat some cold food, or you can let the food cool down before eating. It is necessary to constantly change the dishes to stimulate appetite.

3. Be sure to get enough rest, but also do some appropriate exercise, which can help relieve fatigue and promote appetite; remember to open windows for ventilation indoors to create a good environment; the diet should not be too greasy or irritating, as this will aggravate morning sickness, and also pay attention to balanced nutrition.

4. Eat a light diet, eat less greasy and fishy food, and eat small meals frequently every day. Some pregnant women feel nauseous when they wake up in the morning, probably because they are on an empty stomach. You can put your favorite food on the bedside table before going to bed and eat some when you wake up early to relieve nausea.

Effects of pregnancy reactions on the fetus

Normally, in the early stages of pregnancy, the embryo is relatively small and grows slowly, so it does not require much nutrition and will have no effect on either the pregnant woman or the fetus. If the pregnancy reaction is severe and lasts for a long time, it will affect the fetus and the pregnant woman. As the fetus grows, the amount of nutrition it needs also increases. However, if the pregnancy is intense, the pregnant woman cannot absorb enough nutrition and can only use her own protein to meet the child's needs. Pregnant women may experience sudden weight loss, lack of resistance, and may even suffer from dehydration or acidosis, which may endanger the life of the pregnant woman and the fetus.

· Notes on relieving pregnancy reactions

(1) First of all, pregnant women should pay attention to rest, maintain a happy mood and enhance confidence.

(2) Do not avoid certain foods; eat more foods that you enjoy, that are easy to digest, and that are rich in nutrients. If morning sickness occurs frequently, you can take medication after consulting a doctor. But don't take medicine casually to avoid affecting the fetus.

(3) If the pregnancy reactions are severe, you can get fluids in the hospital to supplement the necessary nutrients. When the pregnancy reactions are alleviated, you need to eat more food as much as possible and supplement your nutrition to ensure that the fetus can develop normally.

· Expectant fathers also have pregnancy reactions

People generally think that pregnancy symptoms only occur in pregnant women. However, some expectant fathers will also experience "pregnancy reactions", but their reactions are different from those of pregnant women. They only feel headaches, fatigue and some other psychological abnormalities. This situation may occur in expectant fathers. The medical term is "pregnancy-associated syndrome", which is a pregnancy reaction unique to expectant fathers.

1. Main symptoms of husband's pregnancy

When a pregnant woman is experiencing pregnancy reactions, her husband may also experience vomiting, loss of appetite, etc. When a pregnant woman is giving birth, her husband may experience tension, constipation, vomiting, and sometimes even insomnia and headaches. The above symptoms are called husband's pregnancy reaction.

2. Causes of husband's pregnancy reaction

Psychological factors

This is the main reason. In fact, the reason why expectant fathers have this disease is because the joy of becoming a father and the anxiety of waiting for the birth of the child are intertwined, leading to nervous disorders.

Physiological factors

Studies have shown that men who are about to become fathers also experience physiological changes. Experts once tested the blood of 34 expectant fathers and found an interesting phenomenon: during their wives' pregnancy, the secretion of male hormones, corticosteroids, etc. in their bodies increased.

3. How to prevent and treat

In order to avoid this situation, expectant fathers should seriously study the knowledge about pregnancy and some medical knowledge, and they can communicate and learn with other expectant fathers to relieve mental stress.

4. Treatment measures

If pregnancy reactions occur, you can take medications such as VB6 under the doctor's advice. Expectant mothers should also be more caring and considerate of their husbands. Both sides should communicate more and encourage each other. Expectant mothers should pay attention to their husbands and provide psychological counseling if they find any abnormalities.