Swelling and fluid retention during pregnancy
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Fluid Retention During Pregnancy - Many pregnant women complain early on water retention in the legs and especially in view of the current outdoor temperature water retention can be quite a burden. In the evening, the feet are usually so swollen that it begins to ache and constantly put up the legs brings some point no more. All women who are struggling with water retention and which a pregnancy over the summer is still to come, we want to do with our tips and tricks for heavy legs courage and show little help with this problem come naturally to better clear.
What helps for heavy legs and water retention?
Tees
Specialty teas have a diuretic and help out the body from the inside:
Nettle, horsetail, birch bark, horsetail, vervain, dandelion and St John's wort tea have a diuretic.
IMPORTANT: Please do not drink more than two cups a day!
Whey drinks, green tea and rooibos tea also mild diuretic effect of these beverages and you may also drink a little more quiet.
The following fruits and vegetables from flooding:
Vegetables: asparagus, celery, potatoes, cucumbers and leeks
Fruits: pineapple, cherries, apples and pears
Also has a dehydrating rice meal, rice several days however, according to recent findings seem rather hazardous.
Baths & Co:
For the cold months: Warm baths with sea salts have a diuretic
For the warm months: cold leg casts with mint tea and cold compresses or a salt solution affect the tension feelings towards significantly
Legs with a cooling gel rub (rub or leave)
Midwives tips:
Many midwives recommend the salt-rich diet and even recommend taking 2-3 pinches of salt per day. So you get down this salt servings, eg you can the salt on a wafer or a sip of water to swallow.
Drink plenty of fluids Many still think that drinking a lot more damaging and leads to even more water retention. But a midwife said to me that the body gets too little water stored automatically, and therefore, it seems logical to say - drink a lot of help, a lot!
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