What should I do if the due date has passed? Why does a pregnant woman have a hard belly?

Pregnant women have special physical conditions, so they must pay attention to the due date at all times, otherwise they will be in a hurry. The due date is just an estimate, and many people are not born on the due date. Everyone's situation is different, so what should I do if the due date has passed? Why does a pregnant woman's belly feel hard?

What to do if the due date has passed

Giving birth within two weeks before or after the due date is considered normal. If the baby is born between 24 and 36 weeks of pregnancy, it is considered premature birth (early birth), and if it is born after the due date, that is, after the 42nd week, it is considered overdue birth (post-term birth). If the pregnant woman has passed the due date and has not shown any signs of labor, she must pay attention to the following points:

1. Don't be too nervous. Even if the gestational age is accurate, the impact on the mother and baby will not be great if the baby is delivered within two weeks after the due date. However, you should pay attention to the fetal movement. Fetal movement monitoring is the best self-monitoring method in late pregnancy, which can reflect the survival status of the fetus in the uterus. Once the fetal movement is less than 3 times per hour or less than 20 times in 12 hours, or the fetal movement is weakened, you need to go to the hospital for further examination immediately. The doctor will decide the time of delivery according to the situation.

2. Continue with prenatal checkups and tell your doctor the results of early pregnancy examinations (such as B-ultrasound, blood tests, pregnancy tests, etc.) and the time and results of fetal movements, and ask the doctor to check your gestational age again.

3. Strengthen prenatal examinations, shorten the interval between examinations, keep in touch with the doctor at any time, inform the doctor of the intrauterine fetal movement, and follow up the amniotic fluid volume with B-ultrasound. If there is no abnormality, the pregnancy can be continued under close monitoring.

If the due date is postponed to 14 days later, reaching the so-called clinically overdue pregnancy, the placenta of some pregnant women will age and the fetus will suffer from lack of oxygen and suffocation, which will cause great harm to the child. You should go to the hospital in time to take measures.

What causes a hard belly in pregnant women?

The hardness of a pregnant woman's belly is usually caused by uterine contractions. In the middle and late stages of pregnancy, the uterus of a pregnant woman grows larger as the fetus grows, becoming more and more sensitive, and is easily stimulated by uterine contractions. However, these contractions are usually irregular, painless, short-lived, and diffuse. Abdominal hardness is a false contraction and will not cause real delivery.

In the late pregnancy before delivery, the lower part of the uterus of the pregnant woman will be stimulated by the traction caused by the descending fetal head, and false labor contractions will become more and more frequent. As long as there is no abdominal pain, there is no need to worry.

If the pregnant woman's belly becomes hard and accompanied by abdominal pain about two weeks before or after the due date, it is true uterine contraction. If the duration of uterine contraction is longer than one minute, the interval is less than five minutes, and the duration is longer than one hour, you should go to the hospital immediately. Especially if there are signs of labor such as water breaking and spotting, you should see a doctor immediately to avoid infection.

What should pregnant women with high blood pressure pay attention to?

Pregnant women with high blood pressure during pregnancy must pay attention to their diet.

Pregnant women with high blood pressure should pay attention to rest.

Pregnant women with high blood pressure should be careful to avoid stimulation.

Pregnant women with high blood pressure should pay attention to regular physical examinations.

Avoid watching TV at a close distance: pregnant mothers should be more than 2 meters away from the TV.

Avoid watching TV for long periods of time: Generally, pregnant mothers should not watch TV for more than 2 hours at a time to avoid excessive use of their eyes, especially pregnant mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome should pay more attention.

Avoid poor indoor air circulation.

Avoid watching scary, tense, or tragic programs, as these programs can make pregnant mothers nervous and cause a special substance to appear in their blood, which will be brought to the fetus through the placenta, making the fetus uneasy.

Precautions for pregnant women to choose toothbrushes

Quality comes first: Generally, you can buy it in specialty stores for infants and pregnant women. The softest one is the finger brush, which is a toothbrush that fits on one finger. During the confinement period, teeth are the most important to protect. You cannot eat anything too hard, because after giving birth, the mother will have a serious calcium deficiency. Eating something too hard can easily cause the teeth to become loose, which is difficult to recover in the future. The same is true for brushing teeth.

Don't blindly buy an electric toothbrush for pregnant women just because of the price. The force of an electric toothbrush is much greater than that of an ordinary toothbrush. When brushing your teeth with an electric toothbrush, you need to reduce the force by 60% compared to using an ordinary toothbrush. Because electric toothbrushes have compulsory rotation and vibration functions, and in order to avoid damage to teeth and gums due to excessive force, you should pay attention to controlling the force when using an electric toothbrush. Finally, I would like to remind everyone that when choosing for pregnant women, it is best to choose a brush head and handle with an integrated design, so that the effect of use will be more ideal.