What do pregnant women need to pay attention to when taking a bath? After a woman is pregnant, due to the endocrine changes in the body, the metabolism is gradually enhanced, and the secretion of sweat glands and sebaceous glands will also flourish. Therefore, in summer, pregnant women need to take a bath more than normal people, in order to keep the skin clean and prevent skin and urinary tract infections. So, what do pregnant women need to pay attention to bathing? Summer bathing has three notes: that is, the water temperature should not be too high or too low, the bathing time should not be too long, and it is best not to sit in the bath. Pregnant women in early pregnancy is also the first three months of pregnancy, pregnant women bathing room temperature should not be too high, the temperature to the skin does not feel cool. The water temperature should be warm, about the same as or slightly higher than the body temperature, generally speaking, the water temperature should be below 38℃. Because if the water temperature or room temperature is too high, it is likely that the lack of oxygen will lead to poor fetal development. And in the second trimester of pregnancy even more can not take a very hot shower, shower time is not too long, otherwise it is easy to appear hypoxia, asphyxia, may also lead to intrauterine oxygen deficiency of the fetus, and serious or even fetal death. Some women for skin care in the shower will be a combination of hot and cold water, this method for pregnant women is very easy to affect the uterus and fetus, pregnant women should not take this shower method. Pregnant women should not shower for too long. Pregnant women are prone to dizziness, blurred vision, fatigue, chest tightness and other symptoms when showering, this is due to the gradual reduction of air in the bath room, the higher temperature, the relative lack of oxygen supply caused by the stimulation of hot water will cause the whole body surface of the capillary dilation, so that the pregnant woman’s brain blood supply is insufficient. At the same time, the fetus will also appear hypoxia, fetal heart rate accelerated, and in severe cases, the development of the fetal nervous system can also be adversely affected. Therefore, experts recommend that pregnant women bathing time is best controlled in about 10 to 20 minutes. In addition, pregnant women are best not to sit in the bath, to avoid hot water submerged abdomen, it is best to take a standing shower, if you feel tired or uncomfortable when you can sit down and rest a little. Pregnant women after pregnancy endocrine changes are relatively large, the vagina has a sterilizing effect of acidic secretions decrease, the body’s natural defenses are reduced, at this time, if the sitz bath increase the chances of infection, because the bacteria in the water, viruses are very easy to enter the vagina, the uterus, resulting in vaginitis, salpingitis or cause urinary tract infections and so on. In addition, sitz bath is also easy to cause asphyxia, the fetus is also not good.