Pregnancy is a wonderful time for the birth and development of a new life in the body of a future mother. This sometimes needs to be enjoyed from day to day, listening to new sensations that give unforgettable emotions. That only there are the first meeting with the kid on ultrasound or his first perturbations. But, unfortunately, the state of a happy beginning of the pore of miracles in most women may be somewhat clouded by a toxicosis, the main symptom of which is nausea in the early stages of pregnancy. About it, we'll talk in this article.
To blame for all the hormones?
In fact, the range of possible causes of nausea in the first trimester of pregnancy is quite wide. It can provoke:
- wrong way of life before pregnancy, including unbalanced nutrition, disturbance of sleep and rest, bad habits;
- stressful situations and other emotional experiences;
- catarrhal (viral) diseases;
- inflammatory diseases of the female reproductive system;
- endocrine and neurologic disorders in the body;
- heredity;
- sharp movements.
With all the diversity of the above factors, most experts are inclined to believe that nausea in the first days of pregnancy is caused by hormonal restructuring of the female body. In particular, his "extraordinary" behavior is explained by the increase in the content of the blood of the future mother hormone hCG (chorionicadotropin). Decrease in its level after the formation of the placenta - at 14-15 weeks of pregnancy leads to the fact that the nausea itself passes.
Also, science has proven, for example, that nausea is a peculiar reaction of a woman's organism to a fetus, in which there are "alien" male chromosomes. There are some opinions that this is how the immune system protects the mother's body from products that can harm the baby (tobacco smoke, alcohol, household chemicals, etc.).
"Help yourself!" Or how to overcome nausea?
Toxicosis in the early stages is a delicate matter, unpleasant and significantly reducing the quality of life of a pregnant woman, so you should try to fight it. This is especially true if a woman works: before the decree is still far away, and "disclose" the secrets of others about their interesting situation simply do not want to. Well, for starters, we are setting an optimistic mood: "All for the sake of crumbs, together we are all on the shoulder, and toxicosis - even more so!". Sometimes such a psychological setting is enough to get rid of nausea. But in case she is vomited, and more than 5 times a day, the woman becomes weak, loses weight, dehydration of the body occurs, such an internal message is unlikely to help - without consulting physicians, and sometimes hospitalization, can not do.
In view of the fact that blood glucose is lowered in the morning, often attacks of nausea occur precisely in the morning. To prevent them after waking up, it is recommended to lie down a bit, and then to have a snack in bed. In this situation, rye croutons, crackers, cookies, fragrant lemon slices, green apples, bananas, which, in addition to potassium, contain magnesium, the deficiency of which in the body can also cause early toxicosis, turn out to be very useful in this situation. Rich
The maintenance of a healthy lifestyle, the organization of proper nutrition according to the principle of "often and little by little" with the mandatory intake of food for breakfast, the adequacy of water and electrolyte balance (up to 2 liters of fluid per day) are all components of the successful course of pregnancy in general, and prevention of nausea in particular.