What happens if a pregnant woman is too sad?

Pregnancy is a very magical process. It is a process of nurturing life and a new hope for a family. However, during pregnancy, due to huge changes in various aspects such as progesterone, and life is always full of various accidents, it is very easy for some things that pregnant women do not want to see to happen. For example, if a family member passes away due to illness, or if you suspect your partner is cheating on you, these may hurt the pregnant woman's heart and cause her to become overly sad. Excessive sadness in pregnant women is not conducive to the growth of the fetus.

The emotions of pregnant women can be transmitted directly to the fetus as thought information. The mother's happiness or fear can affect the growth and development of the fetus.

If a pregnant woman is in an unfavorable environment of sadness, worry, depression, and anxiety for a long time, or is exposed to strong stimulation such as anger, joy, and sudden fright, it will be harmful to the fetus. Long-term anxiety, unrest and fear can cause the fetus to develop an unstable personality and temper after birth. During the 7th to 10th week of pregnancy, excessive anxiety in pregnant women can easily lead to spontaneous abortion.

1. Unable to adapt to physiological changes

As the pregnancy months go by, various parts of the expectant mother's body continue to gain weight to varying degrees, especially the belly, buttocks, legs, varicose veins, stretch marks, etc., which makes expectant mothers who love beauty and dressing up feel scared. They worry that they will not be able to recover after giving birth, and their mood will become depressed. Some of the expectant mothers around me have cried because of pain or itching during pregnancy. For example, they had toothaches that could not be cured and had to endure it, even if the pain was so severe that they couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. For example, their bellies itched but they dared not apply medicine or scratch them, and they cried in anger and anxiety. In fact, this is not being pampered, but more of being unable to adapt to problems that have never been faced before. These expectant mothers who have gone through these different tests during pregnancy have become very strong.

2. Some bad results after prenatal examination make expectant mothers worried

During pregnancy, you have to go through various prenatal checkups. In the early stage, you have to check for ectopic pregnancy or hydatidiform mole. In the middle stage, you have to do Down syndrome screening, color Doppler ultrasound, and sugar screening. In the late stage, you have to regularly monitor the various conditions and indicators of the fetus in the uterus to see if they are normal. In this series of processes, it is inevitable that you may encounter times when the test results are not ideal. A seemingly small test indicator or a simple word from the doctor may make the expectant mother think and worry for a long time, worried about the baby's health and that the delivery will not be smooth. The editor herself has experienced this torment, but fortunately, she found that there was nothing wrong in the end. The accumulation of these worries may not be visible to outsiders, but it will cause the expectant mother's emotions to fluctuate.

3. Stress that cannot be relieved

In addition to being a "future mother", pregnant women naturally also retain their identities before pregnancy as "employee", "wife", "daughter", "daughter-in-law", "housekeeping queen", etc. The pressure in life and work faced by many pregnant women during pregnancy may increase instead of decrease. If it is not relieved in time, this pressure will be detrimental to the pregnant women's psychology and physiology.

4. Inexplicable emotions caused by hormone changes in the body (complaint, grievance, irritability, sadness, etc.)