With such unpleasant phenomenon as heartburn, practically each future mom faces. As a rule, heartburn develops in the second half of pregnancy, after the 20th week. Some women complain of its emergence almost from the very beginning of pregnancy, others do not face heartburn at all.
Instruction
1. First of all, if during pregnancy the heartburn began to disturb, it is necessary to consult with the doctor who will probably make recommendations and will appoint medicine. Also it is necessary to take care of prevention. There are several general rules, following which it is possible to prevent developing of heartburn.
2. Small portions. The uterus increasing in sizes raises internals, squeezing them. The habitual number of food is too large and its surplus, together with gastric juice, comes back to a gullet that causes burning, nausea, sometimes even pains and vomiting.
3. Thorough choice of products. Sour food, as a rule, leads to increase in acidity of gastric juice and, as a result, to appearance of heartburn. Also it is necessary to avoid the use in large numbers of chocolate and other sweets, green tea on a hungry stomach, appearance of heartburn can provoke consumption of strong black tea, the fat or fried dishes.
4. The tendency to appearance of heartburn arises in the second half of pregnancy also because of weakness of round muscles which also the stomach sphincter is among, and it can be closed not completely now. Thus gastric juice gets into a gullet. Having a rest, it is necessary to choose position of a body at which the case is raised, that is situation reclining. Under a back it is possible to put several pillows or the blanket curtailed by the roller.
5. Some food can neutralize effect of acid: crude carrots, milk, fried sunflower seeds of sunflower. It is always quite good to have at itself a small bottle of not aerated alkaline mineral water. Also hot water drunk by small drinks can give some relief.
6. From such drastic remedies as tobacco ashes or the baking soda divorced in water, it is better to refuse. Pregnancy - surprising time in the woman's life, and the organism is inclined to behave is unpredictable. Sometimes absolutely unexpected products which, logically, have to strengthen heartburn help to cope with heartburn. For example, some women note that from heartburn they were helped by apples, tangerines, grapefruit and so on.