Reasons for difficulty breathing during sleep in pregnant women

Many pregnant women may feel uncomfortable breathing when they sleep, especially when the pregnancy months are getting longer and longer, that is, when the child is more fully developed, it is particularly easy to cause breathing problems. Does this situation mean that there is a health hazard to the mother's oxygen supply system and will it affect the health of the child? The following is a brief introduction to the reasons why pregnant women have difficulty breathing while sleeping.

This is normal. Starting from the second trimester, the enlarged uterus will compress various internal organs, including the heart and lungs. However, at this time, nutrients and blood have to be delivered to the baby. The heart and lungs have a heavier workload and they themselves will suffer from hypoxia. At this time, open the windows when you sleep at night to ensure the oxygen content of the indoor air while avoiding catching a cold. This is especially true when winter comes and the heating at home is turned on, which will make you feel particularly stuffy. Get more ventilation and do more outdoor activities. Insomnia and depression are first of all affected by hormone levels and are inevitable; the mother's mental stress will also affect sleep. Daytime tension and anxiety, worry about the baby's development, worry that her husband doesn't like her figure, etc., keep the cerebral cortex active and make it difficult to fall asleep. When you lie on your back while sleeping at night, the amount of blood returning to the heart is reduced, and the lungs are not supplied with enough blood, which can cause breathing difficulties.

Suggestions: It is recommended that you go to the hospital for a check-up, find out the cause as soon as possible, and receive symptomatic treatment. I hope the solutions can help you: talk more with your husband and family, adjust your mindset; don’t always think “why can’t I sleep”; organize the baby’s clothes and shoes; listen to prenatal education music; in short, keep yourself relaxed and happy. The baby's personality is greatly affected by the mother's personality during pregnancy, so you must make yourself happy!

This is because the child's sleep will affect the expectant mother's respiratory tract to a certain extent. At the same time, due to some pressure reasons, the pregnant woman will have difficulty breathing when sleeping. Therefore, if you find that you have difficulty breathing while sleeping, you need to remain calm and do not seek medical treatment blindly. However, if a serious situation similar to suffocation occurs, you need to seek medical attention.