How to prevent jaundice during pregnancy and pay attention to daily life

Many newborns will have neonatal jaundice when they are born. The baby is uncomfortable and the mother is distressed. So what can pregnant mothers do during pregnancy to prevent neonatal jaundice in their babies? Expectant mothers can get to know how to avoid neonatal jaundice and nip jaundice in the bud.

How to prevent jaundice during pregnancy

1. During pregnancy, pregnant women should pay attention to eating in moderation, avoid eating raw and cold food, do not eat too much or let themselves be too hungry, and avoid smoking, drinking and spicy food to prevent damage to the spleen and stomach.

2. During pregnancy, eat more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, such as apples, kiwis, tomatoes and other foods.

3. Eating goose eggs during pregnancy can help pregnant mothers excrete toxins and prevent jaundice. During the entire pregnancy, pregnant mothers are advised to eat light food and avoid spicy, irritating, raw and cold foods. Nutrition should be balanced, and fruits, vegetables and beans should be eaten more.

4. Don’t stay up late during pregnancy and develop a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

How to tell if your baby has jaundice

Under natural light, observe the degree of yellowing of the newborn's skin. If only the face is yellow, it is mild yellowing. Press the skin of the trunk with your fingers and then lift it up to observe the yellowing of the skin. If the skin of the trunk is yellow, it is moderate yellowing.

Use the same method to observe the limbs and palms and soles. If yellowing also occurs, it is severe yellowing and should be promptly checked and treated at the hospital. However, the above judgment method is relatively subjective. It is recommended that parents go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination as soon as they feel that the baby's skin is relatively yellow.

In most cases, jaundice is nothing to worry about. However, if your baby's bilirubin levels are too high (because no treatment is taken to control the jaundice and the bilirubin levels remain elevated), permanent damage to your baby's nervous system may occur.

If pregnant women eat mangoes, will the fetus suffer from jaundice?

There is no relationship between pregnant women eating mangoes and their babies getting jaundice. It is not because mangoes are yellow foods that they will cause jaundice in babies. This also has no scientific basis.

Jaundice in babies is mainly a symptom and sign of yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes and sclera due to increased bilirubin in the serum. Certain liver diseases, gallbladder diseases and blood diseases often cause symptoms of jaundice.

Most newborns may have yellow skin within a week after birth. This is due to the deposition of bilirubin on the skin surface, which is medically known as neonatal jaundice. Generally, it will return to normal after a period of breastfeeding. Some children will develop jaundice after breastfeeding, and the jaundice will gradually disappear after stopping breastfeeding. Medically, this jaundice caused by breastfeeding is called breast milk jaundice.

Therefore, the symptoms of baby jaundice are not caused by eating yellow fruits. Pregnant mothers can properly supplement vitamins and fiber by eating fruits during pregnancy, which has a good effect on the growth and development of the fetus. However, pregnant women should pay attention to the amount of damp and hot foods such as mango and durian when using them, and do not eat too much!

Pay attention to life

In daily life, pregnant mothers must pay attention to rest more, avoid overwork, maintain a relaxed and happy mood, keep their bodies as dry and clean as possible, and be in a comfortable state, in order to effectively prevent neonatal jaundice.