The heart of a healthy woman during pregnancy easily adapts to additional stress. And they are rather big: the mass of the heart muscle and the cardiac ejection of blood increase. However, everything is provided by a wise nature. To ensure the growing needs of the fetus in nutrients, oxygen and "building material" in the body of the mother begins to increase blood volume, reaching a maximum of seven months of pregnancy. A healthy heart during pregnancy is able to cope with this load. You and the doctor can only control it.
How the mechanism works
A heart the size of a fist, but it is the strongest muscle of a person. With each reduction, blood is pumped, delivering oxygen and nutrients to all organs. And the more stable this process is, the more fully the entire body is supplied with everything necessary for it.
The heart itself receives oxygen and nutrients through the blood vessels - the coronary arteries. When the blood flow worsens (say, the arteries are blocked), the oxygen flow to the healthy heart decreases during pregnancy. This can cause serious problems. Avoiding them will help to eat properly and actively (outdoors!). In addition, monitoring blood pressure, sugar and fat in your blood helps prevent trouble in time.
Risk factors
There are several important points that can not be ignored by women (not only in the situation). It is worth periodically taking tests. And then with "cordial affairs" will be all right.
Arterial pressure
In the period of waiting for the child, it does not change much. Usually, in women who have suffered increased pressure prior to pregnancy or in early periods, it falls to the second trimester. After all, under the action of progesterone, the tone of peripheral blood vessels decreases. However, two to three months before the birth, blood pressure in these pregnant women, as a rule, again increases slightly. In young healthy women, it fluctuates within 100 / 70-130 / 80 mm of mercury. The upper figures characterize the pressure at the time of contraction (systolic).
Lower - during a pause (diastolic). These data are the most important because they reflect blood pressure during the "rest period" of the heart. It is necessary to take into account the pre-pregnancy pressures. Since they went up to 10 units, it can talk about gestosis - "toxicosis of the second half of pregnancy." If you get medical help on time in this state, then you and the baby are not threatened. However, future mothers with gestosis doctors recommend to undergo treatment in the hospital. Not only does high blood pressure indicate gestosis. A more informative indicator is the presence of protein in the urine. Hand over analyzes regularly!
Increased blood fat content
When the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides increases, fat deposits accumulate in the arteries, which, as you might guess, leads to narrowing and sclerosing of the arteries. The total cholesterol level in pregnant women should be below 5.5 mmol / l. And his increase can theoretically speak about the malfunctioning of the cardiovascular system.
Level of sugar
The body produces insulin, which helps cells take sugar from the blood to produce energy. When the insulin is not produced in sufficient quantity or is not used appropriately (this is the case with diabetes), sugar accumulates in the blood. Increased blood sugar levels accelerate the development of diabetic vascular pathology and atherosclerosis (narrowing of the arteries).
The ideal index should not exceed 3.3-6.6 mmol / l.
A jump in the level of glucose can talk about gestational diabetes. Then you will need treatment.
Stress Emotional arousal is a load that can be detrimental to the state of the coronary vessels - those closest to a healthy heart during pregnancy. Stress affects blood pressure, causes vasospasm, raises the level of cholesterol. There are violations of the cardiovascular system.
This leads to a thickening of the blood. So you have to control your emotional outbursts.
In harmony with the pulse
It is no wonder that now incredible joy can be replaced by excitement, anxiety, irritability, fatigue.
Try to protect yourself from unnecessary communication, for example, you do not need to take to heart the remarks of outsiders about what should be done in your situation, and what is not. Filter the information that comes to you. Tales of difficult births are unlikely to add to you positive emotions. Set yourself up for good! But with your loved ones be frank: share your feelings. Sometimes for peace of mind the expectant mother should just talk. Help and plant products (valerian, motherwort), aromatherapy. However, consult a doctor about herbs and aromatic oils. It is very important that you and your family understand that all experiences are temporary. Calm is the guarantee of the health of your heart and future baby.
Hardly you will feel the strengthened palpitation, mentally slowed down your pulse. Imagine a car, as oxygen is delivered to the baby through the placenta. This exercise will help you with a wee bit of calming down.
Why do I need cardiotocography?
The method of cardiotocography allows you to hear the baby's heartbeat, to assess its motor activity and the tone of your uterus. Before delivery, you need to go through this procedure at least once to make sure that everything is all right with the baby.
You will be asked to lie down on the couch, and tapes with sensors will be fixed on your stomach. Thanks to the microphone you will hear the heartbeat of the crumbs and even "see" it: the doctor will show you the paper tape with the results. The whole process takes at least 1 30 minutes - only this way it is possible to reliably determine how well the little heart beats. The doctor will evaluate the results on a 10-point scale. It's good, if you and the baby got 1 8 points.
The result is less than 6 points?
The doctor will send you to the hospital. By the way, smoking and alcohol use affect the results of cardiotocography. In children who smoke pregnant, the heart beats very slowly, there is hypoxia - oxygen starvation. Cardiotocography will also be performed during childbirth. It is important to hear the heart of a crumb to understand how it feels. In case of serious abnormalities in the palpitations of a small doctor, they will insist on an emergency operation - caesarean section.