What are the dangers of staying up late for pregnant women?

For many people, they know that staying up late is very harmful to the body regardless of gender, age or status. It does not mean that you can stay up late just because you are young. For pregnant women, as a special group, the harm to their health from staying up late is self-evident. Staying up late for pregnant women will also have an impact on the fetus. What are the effects? Next, let’s take a look at the impact of staying up late on the fetus and the harm it does to the pregnant woman herself.

The impact of staying up late on the fetus

1. Pregnant mothers and fetuses are prone to anemia. 11pm to 3am is the time when the liver and gallbladder produce blood. Pregnancy itself is a very blood-consuming process, so if you stay up late, especially if you don't sleep during the blood-producing period, it is easy to cause blood loss.

2. The baby grows slowly. If this continues for a long time and the nutrition is not balanced, it may affect the development of the fetus and the growth and development of the baby in the future.

3. The baby is born crying. The fetus does not like to stay up late. If the expectant mother often stays up late, the due date will be delayed and the physical and psychological burden on the expectant mother will be increased. It will also affect the child's biological clock, which is not conducive to the child developing good sleeping habits after birth. Children born to mothers who stay up late tend to be irritable, anxious, angry, and crying.

The disadvantages of pregnant women staying up late

1. Staying up late can cause many kinds of damage to the body: frequent fatigue and decreased immunity.

2. Pregnant women who stay up late will stay in a fixed position for a long time, which can easily cause varicose veins in their lower limbs.

3. 11pm to 3am is the beauty time, which is the time when the body's meridians run to the gallbladder and liver. If these two organs do not get enough rest, it will be reflected in the skin, causing problems such as roughness, yellowish complexion, dark spots, and acne.

4. What’s worse is that staying up late for a long time will gradually lead to neurological and mental symptoms such as insomnia, forgetfulness, irritability, anxiety, etc.

The above article has introduced in detail the impact of staying up late on the fetus and the harm to pregnant women themselves. From this, we now know how harmful it is for pregnant women to stay up late. We hope that after reading these harms, pregnant women can develop good sleeping habits, not stay up late, regulate their qi and blood, and allow the fetus to develop more healthily.