Precautions during late pregnancy

As the pregnancy reaches the late stage of pregnancy, the pregnant woman’s belly will be bigger and there are many inconveniences in life. In addition, this is a period when it is easy to deliver prematurely, so there are more things that pregnant women need to pay attention to in late pregnancy. The following is a summary of the matters that need special attention in the late pregnancy to ensure the safety of the fetus, life, diet, etc. I. Precautions to ensure the safety of the fetus in late pregnancy 1. In order to ensure that the fetus does not have accidents in late pregnancy, pregnant women should do a good job of monitoring fetal movement and strengthen the monitoring of the health of the fetus in the uterus. 2.Prepare for delivery and choose a suitable and trustworthy hospital to prepare for delivery. 3. Be prepared for unexpected situations. This is mainly for water breakage or other unexpected situations. 4.Get ready for the psychological preparation before delivery. The main thing is to read some knowledge about childbirth before delivery, including books and videos, so as not to be overly nervous and overwhelmed at the time of delivery, which will have a negative impact on the birth. This is very necessary, especially for first-time pregnant women, more attention should be paid to understand more about childbirth. 5.Prevent the occurrence of danger. There are various accidents that may happen in late pregnancy, such as premature rupture of fetal membranes, rupture of amniotic fluid, detachment of umbilical cord, etc. Therefore, once an accident occurs, contact 120 at the first time to get timely treatment. 6. Be alert to vaginal flow. If vaginal water occurs during late pregnancy, it is best to check with your doctor to see if it is amniotic fluid or leukorrhea. If it is amniotic fluid, you must seek medical attention immediately because once the amniotic fluid ruptures and the fetus is not delivered in time, it can cause danger to both the fetus and the pregnant woman, so you must pay attention to the situation of vaginal water. The first thing you need to do is to keep your balance when walking, pay attention to the safety of your feet, and don’t walk on uneven roads. It is best to wear shoes with a low and smooth heel to prevent your body from falling due to unstable weight. 2.Exercise Walk a lot and do some prenatal gymnastics, which is good for natural delivery. 3. Go out Avoid going out in crowded places. If you have to go out, be accompanied by someone and choose a safe transportation, especially don’t ride in a car with big bumps and long hours. In late pregnancy you should not go out and travel too far away. 4, sex In the last 6 to 8 weeks of pregnancy should try to avoid sex, so as not to cause the rupture of the amniotic membrane, resulting in premature delivery of the fetus. 5, work If you have to sit for a long time at work, you should pay attention to padding your feet and wear comfortable clothes and shoes. After working for a period of time to have a proper rest, get up to move or stretch your limbs. Take care to drink more water at work, but never hold your urine when you have the urge to urinate. Try to reduce the pressure on the work, after work you can practice production breathing method to let yourself relax. 6, do housework Not very heavy housework, the mother-to-be in late pregnancy can still engage in. However, some actions that require a change in position (such as climbing high) and will compress the uterus, try not to do. When doing housework, the action should be gentle and slow, not too intense. 7. medication By the end of pregnancy, the most headache for you may be the swelling of your legs and feet. In fact, in most cases, no special treatment is needed, as long as you pay attention to rest. If you find that your blood pressure is high, make sure to see your doctor and do not arbitrarily take the antihypertensive drugs you took before pregnancy to avoid unnecessary danger. In the last stage of pregnancy, although the condition of the fetus has been stabilized and drugs have little effect on the fetus, you still need to avoid contracting germs and taking medication is always the last option. 8.Diet Try to minimize eating out and control the amount of food you eat, taking small and frequent meals as the principle. 9.Hygiene Pregnant women are especially prone to sweating, so it is best to insist on bathing or wiping yourself with warm water every day. Also pay attention to bathing safety, bathing time should not be too long and water temperature should not be too high to protect yourself and the fetus. Because of the increase in secretions, pregnant women should change their underwear every day. 10, do not ignore the stretch marks From the middle of pregnancy, your stomach and other parts of the body may have appeared stretch marks. By late pregnancy, stretch marks may be more obvious. Proper exercise during pregnancy, proper massage of the local skin using anti-stretch mark oil, and promoting local blood circulation are all methods that can reduce the production of stretch marks. Third, the late pregnancy diet considerations 1, should pay attention to the intake of high-quality protein late pregnancy maternal uterus, breasts and placenta enlargement, protein needs to be stored about 375 grams, is the most storage period. The fetal weight increases from 1,000 grams at 28 weeks to about 3,000 grams at 40 weeks, and its protein storage is also the most abundant period. For this reason, China recommends that the protein supply in late pregnancy be increased by 25 grams per day on top of the original. 2, energy supply should generally not be lower than the supply of mid-pregnancy. However, the last two weeks of late pregnancy should be appropriately limited to fat and carbohydrates and other caloric intake, minerals and vitamin supply. The fetal liver stores iron at a rate of 5 mg per day during late pregnancy, and the storage amount can reach 300-400 mg at birth. If the pregnant woman’s iron intake is not enough, it can affect the storage of iron in the fetus and make it easy to suffer from iron deficiency anemia after delivery. The need for calcium increases significantly in late pregnancy. In addition to the increase in maternal calcium stores, more than half of the calcium in the fetus is stored in the last 2 months. The standard calcium supply recommended by the Chinese Nutrition Society is 1500 mg per day. The supply of vitamins should also be increased appropriately. 4, eat less and more meals, pay attention to the choice of diet late pregnancy due to the growth of the fetus, the uterus pressure on the stomach, the pregnant woman’s food intake instead of reducing, often eat less food to have a sense of satiety, but the actual does not meet the body’s nutrient needs. Therefore, the dietary organization of this period should choose small, high nutritional value food, such as animal food, etc., and reduce the low nutritional value of large food, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc.. Some pure caloric foods such as sugar, honey and other sweet foods should be eaten sparingly or not, to prevent reducing appetite and affecting the intake of protein and other nutrients. 5. Daily meal composition in late pregnancy The composition of a day’s meal can be increased by 50 grams of poultry, fish and eggs, or 220 ml of cow’s milk or soy milk on the basis of the composition of the mid-pregnancy diet. The amount of salt should be controlled appropriately, and the amount of salt for pregnant women with edema should be limited to less than 5 grams per day. In addition, spicy, alcohol and other stimulating foods should be avoided.