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Severe weakness during early pregnancy
A long-awaited pregnancy can be overshadowed by various minor troubles. One of them is weakness. In the early stages, the expectant mother often continues to work and generally leads the usual way of life, so weakness can seriously interfere with her. Weakness during pregnancy can appear for several reasons. You can cope with it without the help of drugs.
Why does weakness appear during pregnancy?
Along with nausea and pulling pains in the lower abdomen, weakness is one of the first signs of pregnancy. This is how a woman’s body reacts to a change in hormonal levels.
Weakness during pregnancy appears due to anemia, hypotension, toxicosis
In addition to the riot of hormones, the following reasons can also cause weakness:
- Toxicosis. It causes weakness in early pregnancy. You don’t confuse toxicosis with anything. Together with weakness, the pregnant woman suffers from headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting up to 5 times a day.
- Hypotension. Expectant mothers suffer from low blood pressure due to impaired blood circulation in the vessels. If hypotension is left unattended, the baby in the womb will receive less oxygen.
- Anemia. Lack of iron is accompanied not only by weakness, but also by pallor, dizziness, deterioration of hair and nails, and shortness of breath.
Do not discount some diseases that are always accompanied by weakness, such as ARVI. But, as a rule, such diseases can be recognized by other characteristic symptoms.
Severe weakness during pregnancy: what to do
To overcome weakness, a pregnant woman needs a good rest. At night, she should have a full sleep, and in the late stages, sleep at least 10 hours at night. During the day, a woman in a position should take 2-3 breaks for half an hour, during which she will rest in a calm atmosphere.
If the weakness is caused by anemia, you need to change the diet and include in it:
- red meat;
- seafood;
- beans;
- nuts.
If weakness is due to low blood pressure, do not rush to raise it with strong tea, coffee or herbal decoctions, as this is contraindicated during pregnancy. Better to drink apple or orange juice in the morning. The combination of carbohydrates and vitamins will help you to forget about weakness in the body. In addition, such a healthy snack in the morning will help to cope with weakness from toxicosis.
Try to overcome your weakness using one of the methods described and do not resort to self-medication. If it doesn’t feel better for you, talk to your doctor and only then buy the prescribed medications.