How should pregnant women sleep when they are not in the right position?
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When it comes to the sleeping posture of pregnant women, we are most concerned about how good the sleeping posture of pregnant women is and which sleeping posture of pregnant women is good. What is the correct sleeping position of pregnant women? This problem has troubled many pregnant mothers. Because as the fetus changes in the abdomen, the sleeping position of early pregnancy and late pregnancy are very different. What's the best sleeping position for pregnant women? Let's take a look at the sleeping posture of pregnant women and learn how they should sleep.
How should pregnant women sleep when they are not in the right position?
Lying on the left side is the correct sleeping position for pregnant women. The correct sleeping posture of pregnant women will make them fall asleep quietly. Generally, the heart is on the left side, so it's better to lie on the right side when sleeping, because it can reduce the pressure on the heart. But pregnant women are just on the contrary, because as the pregnancy time gets longer, the uterus keeps growing, and even occupies the whole abdominal cavity, which will squeeze the adjacent tissues and organs, and the uterus will rotate to the right in varying degrees, so that the ligaments and mesangium that protect the uterus are in tension, and the blood vessels in the mesangium that provide nutrition for the uterus are also pulled, which will affect the oxygen supply of the fetus, Easy to make fetal chronic hypoxia. If pregnant women take the left sleeping position, it can reduce the right rotation of the uterus and alleviate the lack of blood supply to the uterus, which is beneficial to the growth and development of the fetus and the production of pregnant women.
Many pregnant mothers complain that they can't sleep after pregnancy. How can pregnant women sleep well? In fact, the most undesirable is to sleep on your back. After a woman is pregnant, the uterus increases from about 40 grams before pregnancy to about 1200 grams in the late pregnancy. With the weight of amniotic fluid and fetus, it can reach 6000 grams, and the blood flow of the uterus increases correspondingly. If you often sleep on your back, the abdominal aorta behind the uterus will be compressed, which will affect the blood supply of the uterus and the nutrition of the fetus. At the same time, it may also affect the blood supply of the kidney, slow down the blood flow, and reduce the urine volume. The sodium salt and toxic substances produced by metabolism in the pregnant woman's body can not be discharged in time, which can cause pregnancy poisoning and increase blood pressure, Edema of lower limbs and vulva, severe convulsions, coma, and even life-threatening.
When pregnant women sleep on their backs, they may also oppress the inferior vena cava behind the uterus, reduce the return blood to the heart, affect the blood and oxygen supply to the brain, and cause dizziness, chest tightness, pale complexion, nausea and vomiting. In late pregnancy, if pregnant women often supine sleep, the uterus can also compress the ureter, so that dysuria, prone to pyelonephritis. In the early stage of pregnancy, the fetal development in the uterus still lives in the maternal pelvic cavity, and the external pressure or self pressure will not be very heavy. Therefore, the sleep posture of pregnant women can be arbitrary, mainly taking comfortable positions, such as supine position and lateral position.
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In the third trimester of pregnancy, it is suitable to take the left sleeping position. This sleeping position can correct and enlarge the right rotation of the uterus, reduce the compression of the uterus on the abdominal aorta and iliac artery, improve blood circulation, increase the blood supply to the fetus, and is conducive to the growth and development of the fetus. It is not suitable to take supine position in late pregnancy. Because when lying on the back, the huge uterus oppresses the inferior vena cava, which reduces the amount of return blood and cardiac output, and causes hypotension. Pregnant women will feel dizzy, flustered, nauseous, suffocated and other symptoms, such as pale complexion, weakness of limbs, cold sweat, etc. If the above symptoms, should immediately take the left lying position, blood pressure can gradually return to normal, symptoms will disappear.
