Pregnancy is perhaps the most sacred time for every woman. Therefore, women are often very careful and careful. However, many mothers are given a lot of advice about abstaining from pregnancy. Is this true? Let aFamilyToday Health learn about this issue.
From the very first days of pregnancy , mothers have received a lot of advice from mothers and mothers about abstaining from pregnancy such as abstaining from cutting hair, abstaining from buying new clothes and even abstaining from knitting. However, there are a few scientifically proven abstinence concepts that are correct, so mothers need to pay attention.
If the pregnant mother holds the cat, she is more likely to be infected with toxoplasmosis. This is a protozoan parasite mainly on cats. Most people who are infected have no signs or symptoms. However, for pregnant mothers, toxoplasmosis infection will cause many serious complications. Therefore, this advice on abstinence is also correct, you should limit hugging the cat during pregnancy.
A pregnant woman should definitely not sit on the doorstep. Because if sitting there, the mother is very susceptible to illness because during pregnancy, the body's weakened immune system easily leads to colds, low back pain. If these diseases persist, it will definitely affect the baby's health.
All red fruits are prone to allergies, although not everyone will. According to traditional Russian medicine, pregnant women should not eat, but Western doctors say the opposite.
Before each movie, there is always a line to remind pregnant women to consider before watching if the movie has scary scenes. Why is that? This is also very understandable, during pregnancy, the hormonal changes of the body make women very sensitive and easy to stress. If you watch scary scenes, the blood circulation will be disturbed. Therefore, pregnant mothers should pay attention when choosing movies to watch.
Sitting cross-legged will make blood circulation difficult and increase the risk of varicose veins. That is why pregnant women should not sit in this position.
Lying on the back, especially late in pregnancy, can compress the mother's vena cava. If the mother regularly sleeps in this position, she will be susceptible to hypoxia and dizziness, so the baby will also lack oxygen.
The problem here is not drying the clothes but the mother having to reach up with both arms while drying. If this was only for a short period of time, there wouldn't be anything to fear. However, if this action is prolonged, the uterus will stretch. This will be very dangerous for both mother and baby.
Bathing too hot in the early stages of pregnancy can easily lead to miscarriage. However, if the mother only takes a warm bath, everything is fine.
It is said that if the belly is pointed it means a boy is pregnant , and if the belly is round, it is a girl. This is also not true because the shape of the abdomen depends on the position of the muscles. Therefore, based on these rumors determining the baby's sex is a mistake. To determine the sex of the baby, the best way is an ultrasound, although sometimes this method is also confused.
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