Cheerful step
First, reconsider your habits. Stick to a few simple rules.
Food
Limit the intake of salt: it prevents the removal of fluid from your body, which often causes swelling of the legs. Eat more vegetables, fruits and greens. Prepare light side dishes, rich in fiber and useful trace elements. Do you feel heaviness in your legs? Prepare yourself a traditional and healthy compote of dried fruits. This drink helps to cleanse the kidneys and relieves swelling. Give up coffee, fried, fat. From sweets choose a pastille, marshmallow, jelly, nuts in yogurt.
Motion
If you hesitate: to stand or walk, - give preference to the second. Naturally, we are talking about moving to short distances (about visiting shops, visiting polyclinics, walking). Do not stand and do not sit for long. Do not forget about exercises designed specifically for pregnant women. Moderate exercise you need. A great option - a swimming pool. During the voyage your legs relax.
Clothes and footwear
Reconsider your wardrobe: there should not be any tight things in it. Tight trousers, socks with a narrow rubber band, high-heeled shoes are not for you. Acquire a few spacious dresses and sundresses, comfortable shoes on a small heel (2-4 cm). Do not wear a bandage without the recommendation of a gynecologist: he squeezes large vessels. Freedom to the body!
Problem
Did you have swelling and pain? Use special ointments, creams, gels against varicose veins. They contain venotonics and heparin-substances that increase the tone of venous vessels, improve blood circulation, relieve the feeling of heaviness in the legs. To get a good effect, apply the drug in accordance with the instructions. Clean it with light movements. But it's better to give this to your husband. So the procedure becomes much more pleasant. If varicose progresses, apply a salt compress to the problem area (1 tablespoon of salt dissolved in 1/2 cup of water) and pribintuy elastic bandage. Leave it for 40-60 minutes. Repeat the procedure for a week in the morning and evening. This will strengthen the walls of the vessels. Wear compression tights for pregnant women. They are sold in pharmacies.
Smooth and beautiful
To give silky smoothness to the legs, use only the usual depilation means - those that you used before you knew what you were expecting the baby. Now is not the time for experiments! It is unreasonable to switch from a razor to a depilator or from a cream to a wax. By the way, most experts agree that during pregnancy it is best to use a razor. After all, when it is used, strong substances do not enter the skin. Do not forget to apply a special emollient on the skin after depilation. What can prevent your thighs from being beautiful? "Orange peel"!
Unfortunately, many future mothers get acquainted with this phenomenon already in the first months of pregnancy. Weight grows rapidly, the hormonal background changes ... Here they are, the main factors of the appearance of cellulite. You will be helped by special means against cellulite for pregnant women. Do massage with oils: work out, pat them in places where you noticed unpleasant changes.
Little Secrets
Organize your regime so that during the day your legs periodically rest. And try not to overload them. Sit right. The pose of "foot on foot" is not for you, as this causes blood circulation to be disturbed. Raise the "foot" part of the bed by 5-10 cm. To do this, place something under the mattress under the mattress or under the legs of the bed - the bars. Do not let your feet get numb. Sitting try to move feet more often, talk, rotate them. Standing rolling from the heel to the toe and back. Walk barefoot more often. At every opportunity, take off your shoes, because the carpet, laminate, plank floor or a special mat in the bathroom is a kind of massager. When you sit, lift your feet on a chair or just on a wall. This reduces the burden on the veins and leaves the muscle tension.
Every 20 minutes, try to sit for 5-10 minutes. Pour your feet in the shower with a strong stream of cold water. Start with your fingertips and gradually rise to your knees. Nothing complicated, right? Slightly correct the lifestyle, a little more time to spend on care - and the legs will be the occasion not for sad conversations, but, on the contrary, for pride.