What should women pay attention to when they have their period (menstrual period) during pregnancy preparation?

Menstrual period taboo 1: Do pre-pregnancy check-ups

Do not do pre-pregnancy check-ups during menstruation. Pre-pregnancy check-up is very important. It can help parents who are preparing to have a baby detect abnormalities before pregnancy, treat them in time and avoid potential problems. At the same time, adjust your body and psychology to the best condition, and plan your pregnancy to reduce birth defects of the baby and ensure that the expectant mother can survive the pregnancy and delivery safely.

Dear parents, it is best to have a pre-pregnancy check-up 3 to 6 months before pregnancy. You should avoid having sex 2 days before the check-up. It is usually best for women to do it within 3 to 7 days after their menstruation is clean, so as to avoid menstrual examination. Because the pre-pregnancy check-up requires B-ultrasound, urine test, and blood draw, mothers are prone to infection during menstrual period. Second, because the body is affected by hormone secretion and the number of platelets in the body decreases, the test results will also be inaccurate. Real data is difficult to obtain.

Taboo 2 during menstruation: Having sex

Do not have sex during menstruation. Some parents have increased hormones in their bodies during the last one or two days of their menstrual period, their desire begins to increase, and their menstrual blood volume also decreases significantly. They think it is not harmful to have sex at this time. In fact, this is a wrong idea.

For the sake of physical health and the smooth delivery of the fetus, parents are warned to avoid sexual intercourse during menstruation. Because having sex at this time can easily bring bacteria into the vagina. In addition, bacteria can easily breed under the action of menstrual blood, and the endometrium is easily infected, which may even affect the fallopian tubes and pelvic cavity. In severe cases, the uterus contracts during intercourse and squeezes endometrial fragments into the pelvic cavity, causing endometriosis and leading to infertility. For men, female menstrual secretions can also enter the male urethra during intercourse, which may cause urethritis.

Taboo 3 during menstruation: Beat your waist

Don’t beat your waist during menstruation. Before and during menstruation, many women will feel back pain. The soreness in the waist makes them often beat their back unconsciously to relieve the pain. But maybe you never thought that such an inadvertent action could cause big trouble.

Because of the pelvic congestion during menstruation, and the menstrual blood in the uterine cavity is difficult to be discharged smoothly from the cervix, only by strengthening the uterine contraction and compressing the uterine cavity can it be forced out. It is precisely because of the spasmodic contraction of the uterus that it can be forced out. It can lead to backache and back pain. If you beat the waist at this time, it will also lead to increased pelvic congestion, accelerated blood flow, increased menstrual flow, prolonged menstruation, and aggravated waist soreness. In severe cases, it may even be detrimental to repair and healing after endometrial peeling, and may easily cause chronic gynecological diseases.

Menstrual taboo 4: Tooth extraction

Do not extract teeth during menstruation. If you want to extract cavities or wisdom teeth, do not choose to extract them during menstruation. Because the number of platelets in the body decreases at this time, blood coagulation is much worse than usual. If a traumatic surgery such as tooth extraction is performed at this time, the time to stop bleeding will be prolonged, resulting in more bleeding and longer bleeding than usual surgery, increasing the risk of surgery.

Also, when you pull teeth during menstruation, your tension and pain will stimulate uterine contractions and cause a large amount of menstrual blood to be discharged. Moreover, because the body's coagulation ability decreases during menstruation, the smell of blood will remain in the mouth for a long time after tooth extraction, which affects appetite.

Taboo 5 during menstruation: Cleaning the vagina too much

Do not use lotion to clean the vagina during menstruation. It is well known that the vagina tends to smell bad during menstruation. But you know, there are also techniques for cleaning the vagina during menstruation. You cannot just use shower gel, vaginal cleaning solution or hot water to clean it repeatedly.

Because normally, the vaginal environment is acidic, which can inhibit the growth of bacteria. But during menstruation, its environment tends to be alkaline, and its ability to inhibit bacterial growth is reduced. Body wash and vaginal cleansing liquid are alkaline. Using them to clean the vagina excessively during menstruation can easily expose the vagina to infection, bacteria, and gynecological diseases. When cleaning the vulva during menstruation, you only need to wash the vulva with warm water twice a day, and there is no need to wash it repeatedly.

Menstrual Taboo 6: Smoking and Drinking

Do not drink alcohol or coffee during menstruation. In the workplace, people cannot help themselves. But here’s a piece of advice for you guys, don’t drink during menstruation. Because during menstruation, the body is relatively weak and has poor resistance. Drinking alcohol can easily speed up blood circulation, which may increase menstrual flow. If you drink cold beer, you may also experience menstrual pain.

Moreover, before and during menstruation, the activity of catabolic enzymes in women's bodies is low, and the ability to metabolize alcohol is reduced. As a result, alcohol is not easily excreted from the blood quickly and toxins are easily accumulated in the body. Similarly, it is not suitable to drink coffee during menstruation. Because the caffeine content in coffee is very high, it can easily stimulate nerves and cardiovascular systems, leading to dysmenorrhea, prolonged menstruation and excessive menstrual bleeding.

Taboo 7 during menstruation: Singing karaoke

Don’t sing karaoke during menstruation. Parents should also be careful not to hum or talk loudly during menstruation. Because during menstruation, the levels of sex hormones in women's bodies change, the capillaries of the vocal cords are congested, showing mild edema, and the blood vessel walls are more fragile than usual. If you sing or speak loudly at this time, it is easy for the vocal cord muscles to fatigue and the capillaries to rupture, causing vocal cord bleeding and hoarseness.

Remember the program "Because of Love" sung by Faye Wong and Eason Chan in 2012, right? Later, Faye Wong was hotly discussed as being seriously out of tune.

In fact, she was affected by menstruation at that time, which caused hoarseness in her voice. Therefore, those who love to sing, in order to be able to sing moving melodies and protect your vocal cords, please be patient during your menstrual period.

Taboo 8 during menstruation: Eating fried foods

Don’t eat fried foods during menstruation. Fried food is full of color, flavor, crispy and delicious, and is popular among many people. But during menstruation, dear friends, you’d better watch your mouth and stay away from them. Because women’s sebum secretion increases during menstruation, their skin becomes greasy, and their capillaries dilate, making their skin particularly sensitive. Fried foods are irritating foods, which not only affect digestion, but also irritate the skin, and provide a good living environment for acne.

You should eat a light diet during menstruation, avoid eating too much greasy and fried foods, and eat more iron-rich foods to replenish the iron taken away by menstrual blood in a timely manner, so as to nourish your body and prepare for pregnancy.