Can I have children if I have moderate anemia?

Anemia is a very common disease in our lives, because anemia is a disease caused by lack of blood in the body, and there are many factors that lead to a decrease in blood, such as some blood diseases or bad living habits, etc. Similarly, because women bleed during menstruation, they are more likely to develop symptoms of anemia. So, can women with moderate anemia have children?

Anemia refers to a pathological condition in which hemoglobin is lower than normal. An adult female with a hemoglobin level below 110 grams has mild anemia; below 90 grams has moderate anemia; and below 60 grams has severe anemia. Anemia can affect the blood and oxygen supply to various organs throughout the body, significantly reducing the overall health of the body. Moreover, anemia may occur as the pregnancy progresses. Therefore, women with moderate anemia are temporarily not suitable for pregnancy and childbirth. They should actively treat anemia and wait until the anemia is corrected before getting pregnant.

Effects of anemia on pregnant women

1. The baby's vision and movements are not flexible. If the child is behind in reaching for suspended toys, picking up small objects with the thumb and index finger, stringing beads, stacking blocks, and doing puzzles that require visual and motor coordination, this will also affect the child's homework ability after entering primary school.

2. It is difficult to develop a regular day and night routine. Normal babies are easy to wake up when there is plenty of light. In the dark, the brain's response to pain and some stimuli through chemical transmitters slows down, and they gradually develop a life pattern of sleeping at night and waking up during the day. When iron is deficient, the difference in the speed of light transmission disappears, and people are as sensitive to everything at night as during the day.

3. Slow muscle movement ability. When iron is deficient, the myoglobin contains insufficient iron, resulting in muscle weakness. The baby is slow in lifting his head, turning over, sitting up, crawling, standing and walking. Anemia makes children feel weak all over, unwilling to move, always lying or sitting, and the movements they have learned gradually regress.

4. Backward knowledge and language. Insufficient iron storage in the mother within 6 months will make the baby listless and tired, have no interest in external things, be afraid to accept new things, and therefore have poor cognitive ability. Due to iron deficiency, babies have difficulty concentrating and are confused about changes in sounds. They neither try to understand the meaning of the sound changes nor are too lazy to imitate the pronunciation, so their comprehension ability is insufficient. There is little demand for active communication, so language skills are backward.

5. Poor memory. Because iron-containing enzymes are mostly concentrated in the periphery of the brain, which is also the memory storage area of ​​the brain. When iron is deficient, the enzyme activity in this area is insufficient, resulting in poor memory, making it difficult for children to learn objects, recite nursery rhymes and count.