What happens if you often eat spicy food during pregnancy?

Pregnancy reactions are common in the early stages of pregnancy, with symptoms such as vomiting and loss of appetite. Some pregnant women like to eat spicy food, they think spicy food can stimulate their appetite. There is no big problem with eating a small amount of spicy food, but if you eat too much, it may affect the fetus. Some pregnant women may suffer from constipation after eating chili peppers during pregnancy.

Generally speaking, most expectant mothers have poor appetite due to pregnancy reactions in the early stages of pregnancy. Eating some chili peppers can help increase their appetite. When food does not enjoy the appetite or the appetite decreases, expectant mothers can try putting some chili peppers in the dishes to improve appetite and increase food intake.

However, chili peppers contain substances that numb the nerves and will affect the nerves of the fetus. Therefore, when expectant mothers eat chili peppers in the early stages of pregnancy, they must be careful not to eat chili peppers to the point that their mouths become numb. One or two bites are enough to satisfy their cravings.

Chili peppers can cause constipation, increase blood flow and other adverse effects. In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, expectant mothers are prone to constipation because the enlarged uterus puts pressure on the digestive tract. If you eat chili peppers at this time, it will make your stool drier.

If you are constipated, you have to hold your breath, which will increase abdominal pressure and squeeze the uterus, fetus, and blood vessels locally, leading to insufficient blood supply, which can easily cause adverse phenomena such as high blood pressure, miscarriage, premature birth, or fetal malformations. If an expectant mother eats chili peppers before giving birth, it may indirectly cause uterine rupture, eclampsia, etc.

Therefore, expectant mothers should not eat spicy food when they are about to give birth, so as to avoid adverse effects. In addition, if the expectant mother has placenta previa, she should absolutely avoid eating chili peppers.

It is not recommended to eat spicy and cold foods after pregnancy. Because it can easily cause gastrointestinal dysfunction, thereby inducing uterine contractions. Moreover, after pregnancy, due to the pressure of the enlarged uterus, pregnant women are prone to hemorrhoids, and eating chili peppers can make hemorrhoids more likely to develop.

In fact, expectant mothers do not need to worry too much about this issue, nor do they need to worry too much about the impact of spicy food on the baby. Although pregnancy is a special period, it is not a sickness, so if circumstances permit, maintaining the original lifestyle and dietary habits can make pregnancy more comfortable, but the prerequisite is good eating habits and work and rest schedule.

But please note that whether to eat spicy food depends on your usual eating habits. For example, if a mother who grew up eating spicy food in Sichuan or Hunan suddenly stops eating spicy food, it will take some time for her body to adapt to the sudden change. Similarly, it is not a good thing for a mother who has a light taste to suddenly eat a lot of spicy food.