What are the precautions for older pregnant women to have a second child?

Since the two-child policy was relaxed, the number of women giving birth at an advanced age has increased significantly. It is generally believed that giving birth to a second child at the age of 35 is considered advanced maternal age. Regardless of age or physical condition, advanced maternal age has greater risks of childbirth, and the proportion of deformed babies also increases significantly. To avoid these risks that we don’t want to see, older pregnant women need to understand the precautions after having a second child.

1. Get enough sleep

Adequate sleep is an important guarantee for older pregnant women to improve their immunity and ensure the good health of mother and child. In addition to ensuring 8 to 9 hours of sleep every night, you should also ensure a 1-hour nap at noon, and add foods such as walnuts and sour jujube kernels to your diet.

2. Prepare enough nutrition

To prevent fetal neural tube defects, older pregnant women should take folic acid for more than one month before pregnancy, which can reduce the incidence of fetal birth defects by 50%. Vitamin supplementation is the quickest and most economical way for the body to obtain enough folic acid. Foods rich in folic acid include animal liver, beets, broccoli, green leafy vegetables and orange juice. Eating more fruits and vegetables can supplement folic acid. Adequate zinc is necessary during the initial stages of embryonic development. Beef, seafood and animal liver also contain high levels of zinc.

3. Nourishing Kidney Qi

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, older pregnant women are more likely to have miscarriages. Older people are bound to suffer from kidney deficiency or insufficient qi and blood. Therefore, it is necessary for pregnant women to use Chinese medicine to stabilize the fetus and regulate their health. In addition, you can combine diet therapy with drug therapy to maintain sufficient kidney essence.

Dietary therapy: 30 grams of black soybeans, 30 grams of black sesame seeds, a pair of fresh pork kidneys, or 60 grams of pig tail bones, cook together. Add a little salt for seasoning. Take 1 dose a day, or 1 dose every 3 days, for 1 month.

Medical treatment prescription: 15 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 15 grams of Viscum album, 10 grams of Ligustrum lucidum, 10 grams of Dioscorea batatas, 10 grams of Cornus officinalis, 10 grams of Lycium barbarum, 10 grams of walnut meat, 6 grams of roasted licorice, 6 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, etc. Take one dose daily, decocted in water.

IV. Preventing Infection

Pregnant women's exposure to chemicals, viruses, etc. are likely to cause congenital malformations or abnormalities in their newborns. After pregnancy, the secretion of sweat glands and sebaceous glands increases. You should take a bath frequently, wash your vulva every day, change your underwear frequently, keep it clean, and promote the excretion function of the skin.

5. Pregnancy care

The rate of dystocia is high among older primiparas, and the interval between examinations should be shortened. In addition, pay special attention to changes in blood pressure and urine to prevent abnormal situations.

1. Diet

In the early stages of pregnancy, a pregnant woman's eating habits may change, commonly known as "mouth trouble". At this time, you should eat some light, easily digestible food. Eat more vitamin-rich fruits and vegetables and less greasy food. Remember to drink water or milk every morning when you wake up. You should also pay attention to eating small meals frequently and not eating too much at each meal.

2. Drugs

You must pay attention to medication in the early stages of pregnancy, because this period is the most important period for the development of various organs of the fetus. If mothers take medicine blindly because of illness and take medicine that pregnant women cannot take, it will affect the development of the fetus and easily cause deformities. Therefore, if mothers become sick and need medication in the early stages of pregnancy, they must take medication that will not hinder the growth and development of the fetus under the guidance of a doctor.

3. Pregnancy environment

Due to the importance of early pregnancy, in addition to paying attention to medication, the living environment is also very important. In addition to not letting the mother smoke or drink, it is best to stay away from smoking environments. To prevent smoke from causing fetal hypoxia. Mothers should also avoid going to public places with poor hygiene or factories with harmful gas emissions, and stay away from fetal malformations caused by harmful gases and viruses.