Does smelling pesticides have any effect on pregnancy?

Insecticides should be chemical agents that most families have on hand, because the hot summer is the season when many insects reproduce in large numbers, so insecticides are needed to kill the insects. It’s just that pesticides contain more chemical ingredients, so the smell they emit is relatively unpleasant. Therefore, long-term contact with pesticides is not suitable for everyone. But does smelling pesticides during pregnancy affect the growth of the fetus?

What to do if you smell pesticides during early pregnancy

If you only smell pesticides occasionally in the early stages of pregnancy, it will not have a big impact on the fetus, but it is still recommended that you have regular prenatal check-ups. Amniocentesis is the most effective method for screening fetal abnormalities. However, it should be done before 20 weeks, preferably 16 weeks. Have you done Down syndrome screening? If there is no problem with the Down syndrome screening, then amniocentesis is unnecessary. BC may have errors or be unclear under different fetal positions.

The first few months of pregnancy are a critical period for the development of the fetal brain. If the mother is pregnant in the summer, she will inevitably be exposed to pesticides. "People use pesticides on farmland and in their homes, and exposure to them is greatest in the summer. Constant exposure to pesticides can affect pregnant women's hormone secretions, which can affect the brain development of the fetus."

Supporting this conclusion is an earlier study by Winchester, which found that excessive exposure to pesticides in pregnant women may cause premature births; pesticides may cause expectant mothers to suffer from thyroid disease, thereby affecting fetal development.

But some researchers have proposed other explanations. They believe that the food a mother consumes during pregnancy is closely related to the season and that there are different epidemics in different seasons of the year. Both of these factors can affect newborn health and brain development.

Seven things not to do in life for pregnant women

1. Don’t drink too much tea

Pregnant women should not drink too much or too strong tea, because the caffeine in tea has a stimulating effect, which will increase fetal movement and even harm the growth and development of the fetus.

2. Avoid excessive drinking of beverages or alcohol

Because some beverages contain bioalkalis such as caffeine and clonidine, pregnant women will experience poisoning symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, headache, and rapid heartbeat after drinking them, which will affect the normal development of important organs such as the fetus's brain, heart, and liver, and cause the baby to suffer from congenital diseases after birth. Alcohol contains ethanol.

It is toxic to the human brain, liver and heart. It can enter the fetus through the placenta, causing the baby to be born with low intelligence, special facial features, short stature, and in severe cases, it can lead to intellectual disabilities.

3. Don’t eat too much vinegar

During the first half month or so of pregnancy, a large amount of acidic food can lower the alkalinity in the body, causing fatigue and weakness. A long-term acidic physique will not only cause the mother to suffer from certain diseases, but most importantly, it will affect the normal growth and development of the fetus and may even cause fetal malformations.

4. Don’t eat too much MSG

Modern medical research shows that the main ingredient of MSG is monosodium glutamate, which combines with zinc in the blood and is excreted in the urine. Eating too much MSG will consume a large amount of zinc, leading to zinc deficiency in the body. Zinc is an important trace element for fetal growth and development, so pregnant women should eat less MSG.

5. Don’t eat too much hawthorn

Modern medical research has confirmed that hawthorn has a contraction effect on women's uterus. If pregnant women consume a large amount of hawthorn and its products, it will stimulate uterine contraction, and in severe cases it can lead to miscarriage.

6. Avoid eating hot seasonings

Eating hot spices such as fennel, aniseed, pepper, cinnamon, chili, five-spice powder, as well as fried and stir-fried hot foods after pregnancy can easily consume intestinal moisture, reduce gastrointestinal gland secretion, and cause constipation. After constipation occurs, pregnant women strain to defecate, which increases abdominal pressure and compresses the fetus in the uterus, easily causing adverse consequences such as fetal movement disorder, fetal malformation, premature rupture of membranes, spontaneous abortion, and premature birth.

7. Avoid excessive contact with detergent

Chemical components in detergents, such as linear alkyl iodates and alcohol, can damage and cause degeneration and necrosis of fertilized eggs. Especially in the early stages of pregnancy after a wedding, if there is too much contact with various detergents (washing powder, shampoo, dishwashing detergent, etc.), those chemical components will be absorbed by the skin and accumulate in the body, causing the outer cells of the fertilized egg to degenerate and lead to miscarriage.