Will the fetus be deformed if a pregnant woman stays up late?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that staying up late is bad for human health, so it is not recommended for young people to stay up late often. As a pregnant mother, it is even more not recommended to stay up late. But people nowadays are under great pressure in life. Even pregnant women need to go to work and occasionally work overtime. This makes many young mothers worried. Will staying up late have any impact on the fetus? Will it cause fetal malformation? Now let’s see whether staying up late during pregnancy will cause fetal malformation.

Babies don’t like staying up late, but if pregnant women stay up late it will delay the due date and increase the physical and psychological burden on pregnant women. It will also affect the child's biological clock, which is not conducive to the child developing good sleeping habits after birth. Children born to mothers who stay up late tend to be irritable, anxious, angry, and crying. A normal lifestyle for pregnant women helps maintain a stable state of body organs and systems, thereby providing a stable growth environment for the fetus. Staying up late regularly will affect the physical and mental health of the pregnant woman herself and is not conducive to the growth of the fetus. In addition, the uterus becomes larger and larger during pregnancy, gradually compressing the inferior vena cava, causing poor venous return in the lower body, which can easily lead to varicose veins and hemorrhoids in the lower limbs and perineum. Staying up late frequently and reducing the time of sleeping in a supine position (preferably on the left side) will make the above symptoms more severe.

Will the fetus be deformed if a pregnant woman stays up late? This should not cause fetal deformity, but it will disrupt the fetus's biological clock. It’s best not to stay up late often, as being too tired is not good for the fetus.

1. Both pregnant mothers and fetuses are prone to blood deficiency

11pm to 3am is the time when the liver and gallbladder produce blood. Pregnancy itself is a very blood-consuming process, so if you stay up late, especially if you don't sleep during the blood-producing period, it is easy to cause blood loss.

2. The baby grows slowly after birth

If you stay up late and cannot sleep for a long time, and your nutrition is not balanced, it may affect the development of the fetus, and it may also affect the baby's future growth and development, such as slow growth, low weight, and insufficient kidney essence in children. Therefore, it is best for expectant mothers to maintain a regular schedule.

3. The baby loves to cry during infancy

The fetus does not like to stay up late. If the expectant mother often stays up late, it will delay the due date, increase the physical and psychological burden on the expectant mother, and affect the child's biological clock, which is not conducive to the child forming good sleeping habits after birth. Children born to mothers who stay up late tend to be irritable, anxious, angry, and crying.

The best sleep time for expectant mothers 1. 8 hours of sleep per night is the best

After pregnancy, in order to create a good maternal health environment for the fetus, it is necessary to ensure adequate sleep time. Even if the expectant mother cannot sleep at night and stays up late, she can also make up for the sleep time during the day. Expectant mothers should sleep more than normal people, at least 8-9 hours per night.

2. A 1-2 hour nap is best

The length of the nap can vary from person to person and from time to time, ranging from one hour to two hours. In the end, the main thing is to get a good rest. When you feel tired, you can lie down and rest for a while. When taking a nap, take off your shoes, put your feet on a cushion, raise your legs, and then relax your whole body.

How to improve the sleep quality of expectant mothers 1. Go to bed early and get up early, don't stay up late

A lifestyle of working from sunrise to sunset seems difficult to achieve for modern people, but expectant mothers still need to develop good sleeping habits, go to bed early and get up early, and not stay up late, so as to maintain sufficient energy.

2. Go to sleep when you are calm and relaxed

It is best to develop a regular lifestyle during pregnancy, and avoid staying up late, attending social events, or working too hard. These situations can easily make the expectant mother emotionally excited or mentally tense, and may even cause high blood pressure, which will have an adverse effect on the development of the fetus and the body of the expectant mother. Especially within the 12 weeks of pregnancy, the fetus is in a critical period of major organ formation. Expectant mothers should pay attention to rest and maintenance to avoid reversing the biological clock, otherwise it will cause endocrine disorders, affect metabolism, and be detrimental to fetal development.

3. Taking a walk after getting up early helps you sleep at night

Opening the windows for ventilation after getting up in the morning, or taking a walk in the community and breathing fresh air are all beneficial to your physical and mental health. If you feel tired during the day, you might as well take a comfortable nap in the afternoon.