The conception of new life always carries infinite hope and joy. During pregnancy, there are many issues that expectant mothers face for the first time, but they are often overlooked. In fact, these symptoms are signals that your baby is sending to you. If you experience these symptoms during pregnancy, seek medical attention immediately! New moms must remember these points. Our editor has compiled them for you!
Seek Medical Attention for These Symptoms During Pregnancy!
1. Disappearance of breast swelling
Safe phenomenon: Some mothers may feel breast pain, nipple darkening, and other changes during pregnancy due to hormonal changes. Hormones stimulate breast development in preparation for lactation after childbirth, which is a normal change and nothing to worry about.
Dangerous situation: If the breast swelling disappears and your bra becomes loose, it may indicate that the baby has suffered molar degeneration, fetal death, or is already dead.
2. Abnormal fetal movement
Safe phenomenon: Most pregnant women start feeling fetal movement between 16-20 weeks. At the beginning, the movement may be very subtle, feeling like the tail of a fish wagging. Multiparous women may feel fetal movement slightly later than first-time mothers due to looser abdominal muscles.
In the late stages of pregnancy (≥28 weeks), the baby should have at least 30 movements in 12 hours under normal circumstances.
Dangerous situation: If there are frequent abnormal changes in fetal movement (sudden increase of more than twice the normal frequency) or a decrease in movement (less than 10 times in 12 hours, nearly half the average frequency), you should pay attention to the possibility of fetal hypoxia.
If you do not feel fetal movement after 20 weeks, you should go to the hospital for examination, as it may indicate abnormalities in the baby. If you do not feel fetal movement after 5 months of pregnancy or if there was movement that disappeared, it may indicate fetal demise.
3. Abdominal bloating
Safe phenomenon: As the baby grows in the mother's uterus, there may be a slight bloating sensation in the lower abdomen in early pregnancy. As the pregnancy progresses, the abdomen gradually becomes more prominent and the bloating becomes more obvious.
Especially in the month before delivery, there will be a significant feeling of abdominal bloating after each meal, even to the point of feeling like the belly is about to burst (which gradually subsides after about 1 hour), but this bloating is continuous and will worsen throughout the pregnancy.
4. Tightening of the abdomen
Safe phenomenon: In mid-pregnancy, pregnant women often feel that their abdomen tightens. They may not feel any abdominal pain, but when they touch their protruding belly, it feels harder for a few seconds to a few minutes before naturally easing and disappearing. This phenomenon may occur occasionally and several times a day. This is known as painless uterine contractions, which can occur in normal pregnant women.
Dangerous situation: If there are regular, intermittent tightenings of the abdomen that gradually intensify and are accompanied by abdominal pain, you should pay attention to distinguishing them from pathological contractions and seek medical attention as soon as possible.
5. Bloody show
Safe phenomenon: Before full-term delivery, a small amount of bleeding may occur due to the separation of the fetal membrane from the uterine wall, accompanied by mixed vaginal discharge. This is known as bloody show and it is a signal from the baby indicating that delivery is imminent. At this time, the mother should remain calm, rest adequately, and replenish energy to prepare for delivery. When there are regular contractions about every five minutes, it is time to go to the hospital for delivery.
Dangerous situation: If the above situation occurs before full-term delivery (before 37 weeks), it is important to pay attention to whether it is a sign of preterm labor. Promptly seek medical attention and treatment to prevent premature birth.
Common Traditional Chinese Medicines for Fetal Safety!
1. Perilla leaf
It has a slightly warm nature, sweet and spicy taste, and the functions of releasing the exterior and inducing sweating, relieving chest congestion, promoting digestion, and ensuring fetal safety. It is suitable for common colds caused by wind and cold in pregnant women, as well as restless fetal movement, chest and hypochondriac fullness, nausea, and vomiting. Often used in combination with tangerine peel and cardamom.
2. Dodder seed
It has a warm nature and sweet taste. It can nourish the kidneys and essence, nourish the liver and improve vision, and consolidate the fetus. It is used for restless fetal movement caused by liver and kidney deficiency. It is often used in combination with psoralea, mulberry mistletoe, and donkey-hide gelatin. It can also be used for waist pain, diabetes, frequent urination, and leukorrhea caused by liver and kidney deficiency, as well as blurred vision and decreased visual acuity.
3. Mulberry mistletoe
It has a neutral nature and a sweet taste. It has the functions of dispelling wind and dampness, nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening tendons and bones, consolidating the uterus, and ensuring fetal safety. It is often used for restless fetal movement and vaginal bleeding caused by liver and kidney deficiency. It is commonly used in combination with donkey-hide gelatin, Sichuan lovage rhizome, dodder seed, etc.
4. White Atractylodes
It has a warm nature and a sweet taste. It can replenish Qi, invigorate the spleen, dry dampness, regulate the middle, and ensure fetal safety. It is suitable for restless fetal movement caused by spleen deficiency and weak Qi. It can be used in combination with tangerine peel, poria, codonopsis, fresh ginger, etc. It is also widely used for pregnancy heat (combined with scutellaria, gardenia, white peony, etc.), blood deficiency (combined with Chinese angelica, white peony, raw rehmannia, etc.), and kidney deficiency (combined with mulberry mistletoe, psoralea, Chinese yam, Chinese wolfberry, etc.)-related restless fetal movement.
5. Mugwort leaf
It has a warm nature, bitter and spicy taste, and the functions of warming the meridians, stopping bleeding, regulating menstruation, and ensuring fetal safety. It is suitable for fetal leakage and bleeding caused by lower Yin deficiency or cold invading the uterus, restless fetal movement, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, and infertility caused by uterine cold. It is often used in combination with cyperus, Chinese angelica, fennel, Sichuan lovage rhizome, mulberry mistletoe, etc.
6. Eucommia bark
It has a warm nature, sweet taste, and the functions of tonifying the liver and kidneys, strengthening tendons and bones, and ensuring fetal safety. It is suitable for restless fetal movement, vaginal bleeding during pregnancy, habitual miscarriage caused by liver and kidney deficiency, etc. It can be used in combination with psoralea (ground into powder and made into pills), jujube, or in combination with psoralea, dodder seed, donkey-hide gelatin, etc., to be decocted and taken orally.
