Diet taboos for early pregnancy threatened abortion

It is clear that foods that can stimulate uterine contractions, easily cause allergies/diarrhea, contain toxic and harmful ingredients, and have strong blood-activating effects need to be avoided. Other foods do not need to be excessively taboo. The significance of prioritizing nutritional balance is far greater than blindly tabooing this and that.

Don’t believe it. Last week, I met a girl who was 6 weeks pregnant and had brown discharge for two days. The old man at home restricted her diet. Watermelon, crab, and even beef and mutton were not allowed to be touched. She drank white porridge with vegetables every day. She lost three pounds in a week. When she came for a follow-up examination, her progesterone was even lower than last week. She was so sluggish that she said, "Even if I want to eat an apple, I am told it is too cold." It is really unnecessary.

There are actually only two categories that are completely uncontroversial and cannot be touched: one is any drink or food containing alcohol, even rice wine that elders in the family say "replenishes the body", or cooking wine that is not cooked thoroughly in cooking, try to avoid it - alcohol can pass through the placental barrier and enter the embryo without any obstacles. It will not only increase the risk of miscarriage, but may also affect fetal neurodevelopment. This is the consensus of the global medical community. Don't take the chance that "a little drink will be fine". The other category is foods that are not thoroughly cooked: sashimi, soft-boiled eggs, steaks with red cores, uncooked water, and even leftovers that have been left in the refrigerator for two days without being heated, may carry Listeria and Toxoplasma gondii. Infection in a normal person may only cause diarrhea for two days, but infection in early pregnancy has a high probability of causing embryonic cessation and miscarriage. Don't be lazy in this part to save trouble.

As for the uncanny list of "one bite will cause you to slide after one bite" that has been circulated on the Internet: hawthorn, crab, longan, barley, and purslane, in fact, there has always been a point of difference between the views of Chinese and Western medicine, and there is no need to beat them to death with a stick. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that most of these ingredients have the effect of promoting blood circulation and smoothing, and will promote the circulation of qi and blood. For pregnant mothers who have symptoms of threatened abortion, have had more than 2 spontaneous abortions in the past, and whose own TCM syndrome is Qi and blood deficiency, it is really recommended to avoid them as much as possible, especially not to eat in large quantities. I have seen a girl who was 7 weeks pregnant before. She ate more than 20 fresh hawthorns at one time, and she had obvious uterine contraction pain that night. Fortunately, she came to the hospital in time to save her. However, from the research of Western medicine, the so-called "blood circulation" and "uterine contraction stimulation" effects of these ingredients need to reach a very large dose to be effective. If you accidentally eat a bite of crab meat or half a hawthorn roll, there is no need to be so scared that you lie in bed and dare not move. On the contrary, anxiety and nervousness have a much greater impact on the embryo than that bite of food. There was a pregnant mother who ate a clove of longan and cried at home all afternoon. Nothing happened during the B-ultrasound, but she cried until she was dizzy due to lack of oxygen. It was not worth the loss.

Many people tend to go to the other extreme: since they want to protect the fetus, they need to take a lot of supplements, such as ginseng, velvet antler, donkey-hide gelatin, and various folk miscarriage remedies. This is actually another dietary taboo. In fact, the embryo does not need much nutrition in early pregnancy. Taking large amounts of supplements can easily lead to internal heat and constipation. When constipated, the abdominal pressure will increase, which will stimulate the uterus. If you encounter those "pregnancy protection remedies" with unknown ingredients, which secretly add excessive hormones or blood-activating herbs, it will directly induce miscarriage. There are also cold and cold foods such as iced drinks and iced watermelon. This does not mean that you should not touch them at all. If you have a delicate stomach and have diarrhea when you eat iced food, it is recommended to be patient. When the intestinal peristalsis is too fast, it will stretch and stimulate the nearby uterus, which will indeed increase the risk of uterine contractions. ； But if your stomach and intestines are usually fine, if you really want to take a sip of iced milk tea on a hot day, it’s not a big problem and you don’t have to feel guilty.

When I chatted with the doctors and nurses in the obstetric ward, we all came to a consensus: Many pregnant mothers with threatened miscarriage now focus too much on "what not to eat" and instead ignore the core points of pregnancy protection: taking medications as prescribed by the doctor, getting enough rest, and being emotionally stable. If symptoms of bleeding and abdominal pain really occur, go to the hospital first to check whether it is a lack of progesterone or a developmental problem with the embryo itself. When you need to supplement progesterone, stay in bed when you need to. In terms of diet, you only need to avoid clearly harmful categories, do not deliberately avoid this and that, and even occasionally eat something you want to eat. If you feel better, it will be more conducive to hormone stability. After all, pregnancy protection has never been achieved by relying on taboos. Don’t be bound by the various taboo lists on the Internet.