Can pregnant women raise their legs

Pregnant women can raise their legs appropriately during pregnancy to help relieve edema, but be careful not to raise your legs to 90° or higher, so as not to affect the development of the fetus in the abdomen. Some pregnant women in the late stages of pregnancy may appear legs and feet edema symptoms, is a normal physiological phenomenon, sleep can be raised legs, can relieve edema symptoms. In addition, pregnant women can usually raise their legs for sports, can promote the body’s metabolism, enhance physical fitness. Pregnant women can not raise their legs too high, because the legs raised too high will produce extrusion of the abdomen, which will lead to uterine pressure, in the external stimulation caused by uterine contraction, serious cases may cause preterm labor or premature birth. Therefore, legs can be raised appropriately during pregnancy, but the angle should not be too large, and do not often sit or stand for a long time, so as not to affect blood circulation.