Toxicosis during pregnancy and how to fight it

What is the cause of toxicosis? It turns out that this is due to the reaction of the mother's body to ... pregnancy. After all, how close and dear is the little man who has settled under his heart with his mother, for his body he is still a stranger ...

It can be said that at first your body perceives within itself the rudiments of a new life as a foreign body and tries to protect itself from it. He just needs some time to adjust to pregnancy. That's where unpleasant reactions come from. So, toxicosis during pregnancy and how to deal with it - the topic of discussion for today, exciting many future mothers.

To date, toxicosis has been labeled with a more terrible term "gestosis." All gestosis is divided into early (before 12 weeks of gestation) and late (after 20, more often after 30 weeks) .This "age" division is not accidental, because late gestosis, in contrast to early, quite dangerous. But more about everything.

Early toxicosis

Do you feel in the morning that you can not get out of bed, but standing up, rushing headlong into the toilet, driven by a strong bout of nausea? A familiar picture for most future mothers in the second - third months of pregnancy - early gestosis. And, in the first weeks after conception, the hormonal background of a woman does not change, so she does not feel any discomfort. Endocrine surgery usually begins in the next 8 weeks, which causes nausea and vomiting in the morning. What is the reason for this? The cause of unpleasant disorders lies in the fact that in the early stages of the female body, metabolism is accelerated, so the products of metabolism accumulate in excess, and the body seems to be cleansed, provoking morning moms' attacks in the future mother. This nausea does not signal a problem with the digestive system, but merely reflects the inability of the body to quickly adapt to new conditions. However, how to recognize the early gestosis and distinguish it from indigestion or poisoning? For a number of characteristic features:

- nausea may be easy enough and bother only in the morning, in other cases, nausea may persecute the expectant mother throughout the day;

- during vomiting, not residues of undigested food are allocated, but liquid in the form of excess saliva;

- Gestational vomiting does not facilitate the condition, in contrast to vomiting, for example, when poisoning.

Early toxicosis, as a rule, show abundant salivation (up to 2 liters per day) or yellowing of the skin (jaundice) from an overabundance of bilirubin protein in the blood. Fortunately, the maximum duration of early gestosis is up to 12 weeks. Its peak falls on 7-9 weeks, then the body adapts to a new state - and the problem disappears by itself.

How to survive a toxicosis?

1. In the morning, in bed, eat something, for example, a piece of cracker, fresh biscuit, a crust of dried black bread and drink a sip of water.

2. If you intend to remain scrap, take food lying down.

3. Try to eat light foods as often as possible. Eat a little, but do not deny yourself anything, except for fatty, excessively salty or sharp!

4. Do not eat very cold or hot food. Slightly cooled or warmed dishes are just what you need.

5. At work and on a walk, it is best to always carry non-carbonated mineral water, a few fruits and a lemon. If there is an attack of nausea - they will be very handy.

6. With a strong salivation, rinse your mouth with water with lemon juice, mineral alkaline water, chamomile broth, sage.

7. Sufficiently effective drugs for toxicosis are Hofitol and sorbents, for example, Polysorb. They both bind toxins, improve the work of the liver and kidneys to neutralize and remove excess substances. However, before taking medication, be sure to consult your doctor.

8. Regularly (1-2 ralas a week, or more often) cleanse the body, preventing the accumulation of end products of metabolism. To do this, pour 1 table, a spoonful of rose hips, 2 cups of boiling water, heat 20 minutes on a steam bath in an enamel saucepan, then insist an hour in a thermos. Drink half a glass of warm infusion, adding a teaspoon of honey 2-3 times a day after eating.

9. Inhale aromas that relieve nausea - jasmine, mint, lemon balm, basil, anise, lemon, rosemary, fennel, neroli. The first aromosense - 20 minutes, daily increase the duration by 15 minutes, bringing up to 2-3 hours.

Do not forget about walks, preferably on foot. But the possibilities to avoid long trips on public transport and driving. In a bus, fixed-route taxi or a car, travel only in the front seat, looking at the road through the windshield. No need to look back and look at the side windows. Half an hour before the trip, you need to dissolve in your mouth 3-5 grains of the homeopathic preparation "Avia-sea", which protects from motion sickness.

Attention! If the expectant mother has lost more than 5 kg in the first three months of pregnancy, or if she vomits more than 20 times a day, she must certainly consult her doctor in a women's consultation. Such acute toxicosis during pregnancy can threaten the health and life of a crumb.

Alarms at the finish line

It would seem that only memories remained at the beginning of pregnancy, but only when, before the birth, only two or three months it is necessary to encounter "repetition of the passed" ... Late gestosis, in contrast to the early, quite serious condition. violation of the work of the kidneys and other internal organs, which jeopardizes the life of the future mother and crumbs.Why is this related? Most often, with violations in the vascular system of the female body, in which the blood vessels become more permeable, otcheg about the organs of woman and fetus is supplied with blood much worse.Due to the lack of oxygen and nutrients that are transported by blood through the vessels, the crumb may lag behind in development, and the placenta prematurely grow old and, as a result, it threatens premature births.In connection with quite serious consequences late gestosis, they try to detect it at the earliest stage of development and urgently minimize it.Thus, for a successful victory over it, it should be recognized in time and correctly.

In order to avoid the risk, visit the antenatal clinic regularly and take all the prescribed tests on time. The future mum should take regular blood and urine tests once a month, visit a doctor who will measure her blood pressure, weigh it, and inspect the skin. All these manipulations have one simple goal: to track the first signs of gestosis, namely, three of its symptoms: edema, increased blood pressure and protein in the urine. Edema can be obvious and hidden. Explicit detection is very simple - press down on the lower leg, release the finger and see in the place of depression whitened fossa. Much more often, swelling is hidden - it is for the detection of a "hidden danger" that every time you visit a woman's consultation, you weigh yourself.

Adding weight to your body more than 350 grams per week indicates the accumulation of water in the body, that is, the possible threat of gestosis. Before you fight it, you need to clearly identify the onset of gestosis. This can be done independently with the help of a "ring" test, if the ring worn on the finger in the evening can not be removed, it's time for you to go to the doctor.It is informative and a "toe" test - the marks from the elastic band of socks on the legs are not the norm, If your foot does not fit in the shoes in the morning, the doctor must measure blood pressure on both hands of the patient, the difference between the numbers on the right and left hands of more than 10 units, as well as the pressure above 140/90, indicate problems with vessels - their possible which may require a course of treatment, depending on the condition of the future mother, the doctor either prescribes a course of home treatment for him or recommends that he undergo therapy in a hospital hospital.

The protein in the urine may also indicate a failure in the operation of the vessels: if protein could penetrate through the vessel wall, then their permeability is unnecessarily increased. When a protein in the urine is detected in excess of 0.033 g / l, treatment is indicated. In this regard, it is important to remember that getting secretions into the urine can lead to erroneous diagnosis, so mothers during the urine sampling for analysis should close the vagina with cotton wool.

Ambulance myself

Be attentive to yourself, trust your sensations and intuition and help your body, namely:

keep a diary of fluid intake and discharge. If you used, for example, a liter of liquid, and only 200 ml were allocated, be alert;

limit the use of salt, spicy foods and seasonings;

enter in the diet a high-grade protein (meat, sea fish, cottage cheese) in sufficient quantities, and fruits and vegetables - in abundance;

Try to spend less time on your feet, ideally - if possible, arrange a semi-postal regime;

lying down try to put your feet on the hill;

if necessary, take medications prescribed by a doctor (for example, funds for strengthening the vascular walls - askorutin, vitamin C, as well as diuretics).

We lay down to preserve

If nevertheless the gestosis is found in a threatening stage, the expectant mother will most likely be hospitalized in the hospital. This step is taken to ensure that doctors have the opportunity to constantly monitor the condition of mother and baby with ultrasound and cardiotocography, as well as to conduct treatment with medications that have a complex effect:

- calms and protects the nervous system of the mother, which prevents shortages in the body of oxygen;

- strengthen and nourish the blood vessels of mother and child;

- improve uteroplacental blood circulation;

- reduce blood clotting.

Summing up all the above, let's say: remember that your careful attitude towards your pregnancy, a positive attitude, your love for the baby is the best way to ward off the threat from yourself and the long-awaited crumbs. Do not be afraid of toxicosis during pregnancy - how to deal with it you now know. You just need to be attentive to yourself and take action in time, if this is really necessary. Be healthy!