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Increased gas production during pregnancy
About 3 out of 4 women are faced with such an unpleasant phenomenon as severe gas formation during pregnancy. It brings not only physical discomfort, but also severe psychological discomfort. How to deal with this problem?
Heavy gas production during pregnancy causes physical and psychological discomfort
Gas formation during pregnancy: symptoms, causes and treatment
Gas formation is not a disease, but a normal process that is usually not inconvenient. However, while carrying a baby, the amount of gas may increase. Severe gas formation manifests itself in the form of flatulence, rumbling, bursting pain, gas and belching.
The reasons for increased gas production during pregnancy are:
- increased levels of the hormone progesterone;
- dysbiosis;
- a number of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- low level of physical activity;
- improper diet;
- pressure of the uterus with the fetus on the intestines.
You should not perceive increased gas production during pregnancy as an inevitable evil. It can be reduced and it is not that difficult.
First of all, you need to establish a diet and diet. It is worth excluding or at least reducing the consumption of foods that can stimulate gas formation. These include legumes, especially beans and peas, raw, boiled and sauerkraut, milk, cheese, garlic, onions, radishes, pickled foods, raw vegetables, carbonated drinks, grapes, kvass. When discomfort appears in the stomach, it is worth remembering what you ate a few hours ago, and in the future, simply exclude this product from your diet during pregnancy.
Increased gas production during pregnancy is often provoked by the ingress of air into the gastrointestinal tract when food is swallowed. To prevent this from happening, you need to eat calmly, chewing food thoroughly. It is necessary to refuse to eat on the go or while standing, as well as drink in one gulp.
You need to take food 4-5 times a day in small portions
Foods high in fiber reduce gas production. These include cereals, wholemeal bread, steamed vegetables. It is also good to add kefir and cottage cheese to the diet, since they contain lactobacilli that reduce gas formation.
Carminative agents such as decoctions of cumin, fennel, dill, as well as mint and chamomile tea can help cope with strong gas formation. And in pharmacies, ready-made dill water is sold.
Exercise can help reduce unpleasant symptoms. But such classes must be coordinated with a doctor. If there are no contraindications, then swimming, aquafitness and yoga for pregnant women will improve overall well-being and stimulate the intestines. You can exercise before meals or at least 1,5 hours after the last meal. Slow walks in the fresh air will also help to cope with strong gas formation.
If all these methods do not help, then it makes sense to discuss the possibility of drug treatment with your doctor. In this case, espumisan and adsorbents, for example, activated carbon, are effective. If gas production is accompanied by constipation, laxatives may help.
Gas during pregnancy is not a sentence. Eliminating certain foods from the diet, adhering to a diet, exercise are likely to reduce the feeling of abdominal discomfort.