What to do if you can't defecate during pregnancy

During pregnancy, the uterus will constantly compress the intestines, causing intestinal peristalsis to slow down. Pregnant women will also experience constipation, because when people exert force, the uterus will continue to contract. After pregnancy, they dare not force themselves to defecate. In fact, the solution to constipation during pregnancy is very simple. It can be relieved through some simple methods to avoid hemorrhoids in the future.

Clinically, constipation can be divided into functional constipation and organic constipation, and constipation in pregnant women is mainly functional constipation.

The main hazards of constipation during pregnancy are as follows:

1. Constipation during pregnancy can cause or aggravate hemorrhoids in pregnant women, affect fetal development, and increase the chances of fetal growth restriction, fetal distress, etc. It may also induce uterine contractions, leading to miscarriage or premature birth.

2. Affect delivery. When some pregnant women with constipation give birth, the feces accumulated in the intestines hinder the descent of the fetus, causing prolonged labor or even dystocia.

3. At the same time, constipation will make the pregnant woman's skin rough, dull, and unmoisturized, and will produce pregnancy spots.

There are many contraindications for treating constipation in pregnant women. It can be simply divided into diet therapy and drug therapy; the safety of drug therapy is the most concerning issue for constipation during pregnancy, but there is currently a lack of clinical trials on the safety of laxatives during pregnancy. It is currently recommended that the selection of constipation medications should meet the following criteria:

Natural and non-toxic, accurate quantitative analysis of active ingredients:

No diarrhea, soft stools:

·Safe and reliable, no adverse reactions, no dependence:

Reasonable price, suitable for family use:

·No irritation to the uterus, no teratogenic or mutagenic effects

·Does not cause diarrhea or other adverse reactions in infants;

·High safety and good tolerance.

treat:

1. Home diet therapy: The first choice and main treatment for constipation in pregnant women is diet therapy: increase water and dietary fiber intake, and increase daily exercise.

◎Prevention through diet: Do not eat too refined food, improve your diet structure, eat vegetables, fruits and whole grains rich in crude fiber, and try to boil vegetables instead of stir-frying them over high heat to stimulate intestinal peristalsis.

Vegetables include: spinach, amaranth, carrots, potatoes, etc.;

Whole grains include: brown bread, oatmeal, etc.

Fruits include: bananas, apples, pears, citrus, dragon fruit, strawberries, etc. Food diversity is recommended. If you have gestational diabetes, you need to monitor your blood sugar and seek dietary guidance from a doctor.

Eat more foods rich in organic acids such as yogurt;

You can also eat foods containing fatty acids such as pine nuts, black sesame seeds, and melon seeds;

Avoid: spicy seasonings such as mustard, pepper, ginger, and tangerine peel.

◎Drink more water. Drink a glass of warm water on an empty stomach after getting up every day. It can stimulate intestinal peristalsis.

◎ Develop a habit of regular bowel movements and go to the toilet on time every day, such as after breakfast.