What are the dangers of lying too much during pregnancy?

When a woman gives birth, she becomes the "key protected target" of the family, just like a "first-class protected wild animal". The whole family will revolve around the pregnant mother, not wanting her to be too tired or hungry, for fear that any carelessness will affect the baby in her belly. Once the pregnant mother shows any abnormality, the people at home will become very anxious and keep telling her to pay more attention to rest and not to do this or that.

Recently, my best friend Xiaomei got pregnant, and she told me that since she found out she was pregnant, her family members didn't allow her to do anything, and kept telling her what a pregnant woman should do. This was her first pregnancy and she had no experience. She was also very concerned about the baby in her belly, worried that something might go wrong with the baby, so she left home to take care of the baby.

In the early days, she felt that being pregnant was great. She didn’t have to go to work, she could eat whatever she wanted, and her family didn’t allow her to cook. She didn’t have to do housework, and she was spoiled like a commodity by her family. She was also very concerned about the baby in her belly. But slowly, as one or two months passed, she began to feel bored.

So she complained to me: "I can't do anything all day long. I want to pick up the express, but they tell me not to move. I want you to get it, and they keep asking me to rest more and lie down and not move. All day long I just lie down after eating, eat while lying down, and get fat. The key is that I feel uncomfortable all over my body when lying down. Now I feel that being pregnant is like being in prison. I want to listen to them more and I am worried that what I do will affect the baby in my belly."

He said that the words he hears most every day are:

"So that the baby can eat more and make sure to get more rest."

"Oh, whatever, let me do it, lie down quickly"

"Put it there, put it there, don't move, take a rest quickly"

In fact, this is what almost every pregnant woman hears the most, and if there is any problem, the doctor in the hospital will sometimes tell her to pay more attention to rest. As a result, most people think that women should lie down more after giving birth, and lying flat can protect the fetus, and lying flat can indeed avoid some unnecessary inconvenience and reduce the risk of accidents. However, if you lie down for a long time, it is indeed easy to develop some diseases, so we still need to distinguish the pros and cons.

Effects of long-term bed rest on pregnant women

Affecting gastrointestinal digestion After pregnancy, the gastrointestinal motility of women will be reduced to a certain extent, and with the continuous expansion of the uterus, the stomach of pregnant women will be squeezed, causing some discomfort in the stomach, making pregnant women feel full or nauseous. In addition, after pregnancy, family members usually let pregnant women eat a lot of nutritious things. Some pregnant women can't eat it, but they always feel that they should eat more for the baby. At this time, if the pregnant woman lies down right after eating and stays in bed for a long time, it will cause gastrointestinal indigestion, indigestion, and constipation. If she already had constipation, it will make the constipation more serious. In addition, these uncomfortable symptoms will also be aggravated.