An advanced/venerable age
24 to 28 years old should be the best age for women to get pregnant, and giving birth at an advanced age is risky for both mother and fetus. Refers to the first pregnancy of women over 35 years old. Generally speaking, because women are in a downward trend after the age of 35, intrauterine and premature delivery are more likely; The risk of complications increases. What do older pregnant women want? The following is old age.
1, comprehensive physical examination.
Older pregnant women must have a comprehensive physical examination before pregnancy. And both husband and wife should have all kinds of tests. If there is, you can't get pregnant until you are cured. For elderly women, the most terrible thing is to give birth to a disabled baby.
2. Oral folic acid before pregnancy 1 month.
In order to prevent fetal neural tube malformation, the incidence of fetal birth defects can be reduced by 50% if elderly pregnant women take folic acid 1 month or more before pregnancy. Vitamin supplementation is the fastest and most economical way for the body to get enough folic acid. Foods rich in folic acid include animal liver, beets, cauliflower, green leaves and orange juice. Eating more fruits can supplement folic acid. There must be enough zinc in the early stage of embryonic development. The zinc content in beef, seafood and animal liver is also high. If folic acid is not taken in time before pregnancy, it should be supplemented after pregnancy until 12 weeks of pregnancy.
3. Avoid stressful jobs.
What preparations should elderly women make before delivery? First of all, we should change bad habits and behaviors, such as quitting smoking and drinking, intervening and regulating excessive fatigue, stress, psychological anxiety and depression, and adopting drugs when necessary; Avoid contact with toxic and harmful substances, such as mercury, lead, organic solvents, pesticides, formaldehyde, X-rays, etc. Both husband and wife should have a comprehensive physical examination to rule out diseases that will increase fetal malformation.
Step 4 get enough sleep
Adequate sleep is an important guarantee for elderly pregnant women to improve their immunity and ensure the health of their mothers and babies. In addition to ensuring 8-9 hours of sleep every night, we should also ensure a 1 hour nap at noon, and add walnuts, jujube kernels and other foods to our diet.
5. Relieve the body's bad mood
Generally, older women feel uncomfortable after pregnancy. You can take some small exercise skills to make pregnancy more comfortable. If your legs are raised, you can sit down and lift your legs when you are free. You can turn short items such as drawers or storage boxes upside down as footstools and rest your legs. Relax, practice some simple and slight neck, shoulders, pelvis and feet when riding or working, which can be emotional and harmonious; Take the left lateral position, because in the third trimester of pregnancy, the uterus rotates to the right, and the left lateral position can improve the degree of the right rotation of the uterus, thereby reducing the uterine vascular tension, increasing the placental blood flow, and improving the oxygen supply state of the fetus in the uterus, which is beneficial to the fetus.
Step 6 be in a good mood
Keep a good mood throughout pregnancy, exercise properly, and try to avoid going to crowded places.
7. Balanced nutrition
Older women need to pay special attention to a nutritious diet, based on the nutritional principles of ordinary pregnancy. There are many nutrients that need to be supplemented during pregnancy, except folic acid in the early stage, as well as calcium, iron, zinc, selenium, vitamins and minerals. At the same time, we should pay attention to avoid excessive supplementation of a single nutrient. Take some nutritious snacks with you. Although you have symptoms of nausea, you occasionally want to eat. Graham crackers or a glass of milk can not only fill the stomach, but also relieve the symptoms of nausea.
8. Don't eat when you are old.
Older people are more likely to get fat and gain too much weight during pregnancy than people in their twenties, and as a result, they are prone to diabetes, and the baby in their bellies is too big to bring difficulties to delivery. At this time you need to control your weight. Generally, the weight gain of pregnant women at 40 weeks' gestation should not exceed 12.5 kg, of which the fetus accounts for about 3-3.5 kg. Avoid eating foods with high sugar content, because they are the chief culprit of obesity. It is suggested that foods with high protein, low fat and mild sex are appropriate. Tea, wine, cigarettes, coffee, foods containing alcohol and caffeine are not suitable.
9. Pregnancy 16-20 weeks, to be carried out.
It is a detection method to calculate the risk coefficient of Down's baby by extracting pregnant women's serum, detecting the concentrations of alpha-fetoprotein and chorionic gonadotropin in pregnant women's serum, and combining with the expected date of delivery, age, weight and gestational age of pregnant women at the time of blood collection. This examination is to take the blood of pregnant women, detect the quantity and concentration of various substances contained in the blood, and then determine some possible diseases of the fetus.
10, amniocentesis should be done after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Normal young pregnant women don't need this test. Studies have shown that the older the pregnant woman, the higher the congenital stupidity and deformity. This is because with the growth of women's age, the ovaries gradually age and degenerate, and naturally produced eggs will also age, and the probability of chromosomal abnormalities will increase. This test can directly obtain the number of chromosomes, and according to the test results, we can know whether the fetus is abnormal. There is a 0.5% chance that this test will lead to miscarriage.
1 1, pay more attention to blood sugar, blood pressure and other indicators.
Older women are prone to pregnancy complicated with heart disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome and pregnancy-induced diabetes. Because the blood volume of pregnant women is significantly higher than that of non-pregnant women, the heart burden is aggravated. Pregnant women with heart disease may have to terminate their pregnancy early because they can't stand it. Pay more attention to blood sugar and blood pressure indicators; Get ready for cesarean section! Elderly pregnant women have high indications for cesarean section, and generally 90% choose cesarean section.
12, life should also be far away from the harsh environment.
For example, too noisy and crowded space is not suitable. People who use X-rays, radioactive iodine or radiotherapy should not be exposed to radiation. Don't use antibiotics or hormonal drugs at will unless there is a doctor's ration. Of course, sleeping pills, sedatives and spasmolytics should not be used at will. Stay away from infecting patients. Measles, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus all affect the fetus, so stay away from them.
13. Older women should be prepared in advance.
It is more difficult for elderly women to give birth naturally, so they need to be prepared in advance. Older pregnant women have hard pelvis, weak elasticity of ligaments and soft birth canal tissues, and correspondingly weakened uterine contractility, which may easily lead to prolonged labor, even dystocia, fetal birth injury and asphyxia.
Finally, some pregnant women take maternity leave just before giving birth. However, most doctors believe that older pregnant women should not work after 32 weeks of pregnancy. At this time, pregnant women's heart, lungs and other important organs must work harder, forming a heavy burden on the spine, joints and muscles. At this time, you should rest your body as much as possible.