How to properly breathe oxygen during pregnancy

During pregnancy, the enlarged uterus puts pressure on the heart and lungs for a long time. In addition, the developing fetus is blocking the chest for a long time. As the pregnancy time gets longer, the pregnant woman's body will suffer from hypoxia. The harmful effects of hypoxia are very large. It is very likely to cause breathing difficulties, cardiopulmonary failure, insufficient blood supply, and poor placental function. Pregnant women can use oxygen to help alleviate these hazards. However, pregnant women should not use oxygen indiscriminately. They must follow the regular method and the oxygen inhalation time should not exceed 15 minutes. Judge according to your personal physical condition and try to follow the doctor's instructions. Do not decide whether you can use oxygen on your own.

Precautions for pregnant women to take oxygen

1. First of all, long-term unnecessary oxygen inhalation may cause excessively high blood oxygen concentration in pregnant women, causing internal environmental disorders.

2. Secondly, if the blood oxygen concentration in pregnant women is too high, it will stimulate the fetal blood vessels through the placenta. In particular, the developing retinal blood vessels of the fetus are extremely sensitive to high concentrations of oxygen, which may cause damage to and blockage of the retinal vascular endothelium, and further lead to retinopathy, glaucoma and other problems.

3. From this we can see that for the health of yourself and the fetus, you must listen to your doctor's advice on whether you need oxygen during pregnancy. If the examination reveals that the pregnant woman has heart disease, insufficient blood and oxygen supply, poor placental function, or the fetus has intrauterine growth retardation, slow heart rate, respiratory distress, etc., oxygen therapy can be given under the guidance of a doctor. If it is just to allow yourself and the fetus to breathe more fresh air, pregnant women might as well take half an hour every day to take a walk in a tree-lined park or square and take deep breaths.

4. Even if you really need oxygen during pregnancy, it is best to go to the hospital for oxygen therapy under the guidance of a doctor, because the flow, concentration, time, etc. of oxygen therapy are slightly different depending on the patient's condition. If you breathe oxygen at home and fail to control the oxygen concentration and flow, it can easily damage your health. In addition, oxygen therapy is a phased approach. Once the problems of insufficient blood and oxygen supply to the pregnant woman and intrauterine growth retardation of the fetus are alleviated, oxygen therapy should be stopped. Otherwise, it will be detrimental to health.

Can pregnant women breathe oxygen?

Oxygen inhalation is an auxiliary method for treating a variety of diseases. It can correct hypoxia, promote metabolism, and increase arterial oxygen partial pressure and oxygen saturation levels. For example, patients with respiratory failure, cerebrovascular disease or coronary heart disease can all use oxygen. In addition, patients undergoing surgery, patients suffering from shock due to massive hemorrhage, pregnant women with poor fetal heart rate or long labor time can all receive oxygen. In addition, regular oxygen inhalation during pregnancy can increase the oxygen content in the pregnant woman's arterial blood, which is beneficial to improving the pregnant woman's body function state and is beneficial to the growth and development of the fetus.

However, not all pregnant women can use oxygen. Generally speaking, hospitals recommend oxygen use for pregnant women with anemia, poor lung function, heart disease, etc. For expectant mothers with weak constitutions, anemia, etc., if it is confirmed that oxygen inhalation for pregnant women can better protect the health of the fetus, then regular and quantitative oxygen inhalation will be beneficial rather than harmful. However, the time for oxygen inhalation should not be too long. Generally speaking, each time of oxygen inhalation is about half an hour and can last up to one week. Although pregnant women can breathe oxygen, they cannot do so blindly. They must follow the hospital's instructions.