How to relieve leg soreness during mid-pregnancy?

Pregnant women often complain about their physical discomfort, backache, and leg cramps. In fact, this is related to many factors. For example, as the fetus grows, the body load increases, and you will naturally feel very tired. In addition, the body lacks nutrients, especially calcium, which will cause various discomforts. So how to relieve leg pain in the second trimester?

The relaxing effect of progesterone on the blood vessel walls causes the venous valves to close insufficiently, affecting the return of blood to the heart, and is most likely to form unsightly varicose veins in the legs. In addition, varicose veins may occur in the head and cause headaches, and in the rectum and cause hemorrhoids. The way to prevent it is to drink plenty of water, and especially avoid maintaining the same posture for a long time. For example, do not sleep on your back, do not cross your legs when sitting, do not spend too much time in the toilet, etc. In addition, it is best to elevate your calves when sitting down.

It is mostly caused by the lack of trace elements in the body, especially when there is a lack of calcium. Pay attention to nutrition during pregnancy, supplement folic acid in the first three months, and start supplementing calcium, iron and other trace elements needed by the body in the fourth month. Get prenatal checkups during pregnancy, every 4 weeks for the first 36 weeks, and once a week after 36 weeks.

Protein intake needs to be 75-95 grams per day, mainly from meat, fish, shrimp, beans and bean products, milk and dairy products, and eggs. Tips: Increase the intake of animal foods containing high-quality protein, such as fish, meat, and eggs, especially for mothers who have severe early pregnancy reactions and cannot eat normally. The energy intake required is 200 kcal/day, mainly from oil, milk, meat, cereals and nuts. The diet of expectant mothers should be a combination of coarse and fine foods, meat and vegetables. They should not eat too much refined food, which will cause nutritional imbalance.

The recommended intake of vitamin E is 14 mg/day, which mainly comes from vegetable oils, grain germs, green plants, milk, eggs and other foods. It should be noted that vitamin E is easily soluble in fat, stable to heat and acid, sensitive to alkali, and can be slowly destroyed by oxidation. Iodine intake needs to be 120-150 micrograms per day, mainly from seafood, root foods, and iodized salt. When cooking, expectant mothers can add salt after the vegetables are cooked to reduce losses; wash the kelp before cutting to reduce iodine loss.

Through the above introduction, everyone has a general understanding of how to relieve leg soreness in mid-pregnancy. Leg soreness can easily affect normal walking. However, only proper exercise, avoid excessive fatigue, eat a reasonable diet, supplement more nutrition and vitamins, and keep a good mood can better relieve and eliminate such reactions.