High jaundice after baby is born is related to this bad habit during pregnancy

Neonatal jaundice will occur in almost every baby. Although the baby's skin, mucous membranes and sclera will turn yellow when this happens, it is not a problem if the baby's jaundice is physiological jaundice. The baby will return to normal after a while. However, if pregnant women have these three bad habits during pregnancy, the baby's physiological jaundice will turn into pathological jaundice. Therefore, if pregnant women have these three bad habits, they must correct them in time.

1. Can't live without meat, like to eat fatty and sweet food

Unlike the past, when people could only eat meat during festivals, now they can eat meat anytime they want, which has made many people become meat eaters, eating meat almost every meal and forming a habit of not being able to live without meat. Although meat can provide the fat, protein, minerals, vitamins and other nutrients our bodies need, if we eat too much, eating only meat without vegetables will cause too much dampness and heat to accumulate in the body, which will cause dampness and heat in both the adult and the fetus for pregnant women, which will lead to jaundice symptoms after the fetus is born.

2. The taste is too strong, and you don’t avoid eating salty, sugary, or spicy food.

After a woman becomes pregnant, her taste will change. There is an old saying: sour food makes a boy, spicy food makes a girl. In the old days of feudal superstition, some families would encourage pregnant women to eat more sour or spicy food in the hope of having a boy or a girl. Although people today are not misled by such superstitious ideas, and the diet of pregnant women is mainly light, but eating too much light food will inevitably make them want to eat something heavy.

Strong-tasting food can irritate the stomach and intestines of pregnant women. Most women will suffer from constipation after pregnancy. Failure to defecate in time will cause toxins to remain in the body. Eating strong-tasting food will make the already slow-moving stomach and intestines even slower, which increases the risk of fetal toxins. It is also easy for the baby to suffer from pathological jaundice after birth.

3. Not paying attention to prenatal check-ups

Prenatal check-ups can let family members know the growth and development of the fetus in time, so you must insist on doing prenatal check-ups. In the early stage, you should go once a month. Sometimes pregnant women may forget, so it is best for pregnant women to put a memo on their mobile phones to remind themselves. In the late pregnancy, prenatal check-ups may be more frequent, once a week, but at this time the pregnant woman's abdomen is swollen and it is inconvenient to move, which will make pregnant women lazy and even more reluctant to do prenatal check-ups. However, prenatal check-ups at this time are more necessary than early check-ups, so it is best for family members to accompany pregnant women for prenatal check-ups. This will not only urge pregnant women to do prenatal check-ups, but also make them more motivated to go to the hospital for prenatal check-ups.

The biggest difference between physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice, which can be directly observed by the naked eye, is the time of onset. Pathological jaundice will occur 24 hours after the baby is born, while physiological jaundice will not appear until 2-3 days after birth. Therefore, if your baby's skin, mucous membranes, and sclera begin to turn yellow 24 hours after birth, and the development speed is very fast, parents should send the baby to the hospital for treatment in time. If the baby has physiological jaundice, parents do not need to worry too much. Although the baby's skin will turn yellow in the first one or two days, this symptom will subside after four or five days.