The feeling of nausea and the desire to vomit are among the first signs of fever in a pregnant woman, which usually affects her due to the awakening of pregnancy hormones in her body, which contains within it a small fetus that grows and is nourished by the “placenta.” However, fever in women is not the same, as the psychological and nervous state plays a fateful role. In the first three months, the senses of smell and taste are greatly activated, so that pregnant women are divided between voracious eaters who crave certain foods, or averse to them. Varieties and foods. As for the craving for clay, chalk, and soap, they are a strange and harmful type of craving, which causes double harm to the mother and the fetus. In the end, pregnant women cling to the popular narrative that says that failure to satisfy their desire and craving leads to the appearance of birthmarks on the child’s face or body. However, science has not He finds evidence of any close relationship between birthmark and birthmark.
Appetite and lust
Maryam Badr (pregnant for the second time) says that she ate excessively, with a strange appetite, a large amount of lemons, during the first months of her pregnancy with her firstborn, and she says, “I used to eat the whole lemon, the pulp and the outer peel,” with the addition of a little salt, while She used to eat it normally before pregnancy, as lemonade or in salads.
During that period, the fruit basket in Maryam’s kitchen turned into a basket containing large grains of lemon, and its smell dominated the general atmosphere in the house. Maryam indicated that she stayed away from eating meat and chicken, preferring meals consisting of vegetables such as kidney beans, green peas, zucchini, and eggplant. However, she gradually regained her normal life after giving birth. As for her current pregnancy, she confirms that she did not feel any significant change in her food desires, except for her craving for kiwi fruit in her second month. She adds, “I know that cravings are related to the pregnant woman’s psychological state and mood, and her fear of radical changes in her life.” However, she was able to adapt to The situation was in her first experience, which helped her overcome all the difficulties.
Meat and watermelon
“Watermelon” is the fruit that Jamila Shams craved in the depths of winter, and although her desire to eat watermelon was satisfied, she says, “The taste of watermelon was not what I desired.” She wanted it to be “red in color and very sweet, while all the watermelons were pink in color and not.” Delicious, so I replaced it with strawberries.”
After giving birth, Shams discovered a red spot on her newborn’s leg. She explained that she called her husband from the hospital to tell him about the birthmark, believing that not fulfilling her desire during pregnancy led to its appearance. She thanked God that it did not appear on her face or neck, but she added that her gynecologist made it clear that it did not appear. There is a relationship between the birthmark and the birthmark on the girl’s leg. He also confirmed that it does not pose a threat to the girl’s life.
On the other hand, Umm Nader (30 years old) craved eating raw meat during her first pregnancy, but her husband forbade her and only allowed her to eat a small piece, to quell her desire. She says, “I did not feel any discomfort, but I forgot about it,” because she was aware of the harmful effects on her health. The fetus and the safety of its development, especially since this desire gradually extinguished, without leaving any trace or mark on the child’s face or body. On the other hand, she felt an overwhelming desire to devour ice cream and ice cream, especially during intense heat waves. She explained, “I enjoyed placing a container of ice cream in front of me and eating it with a large spoon,” while she was averse to salty nuts and fried potato chips (chips), to the point that she no longer She is able to “crunch” it or smell its scent, in order to stay away from salty foods in general, and even though she loved “its crunch” before pregnancy, she adds that she has stopped eating it. Have had it ever since.
Enas Adel (in her second month of pregnancy) reveals that as soon as she talks about a food or item that she loves, she feels its smell in her nose, and wants to eat it immediately, and she says, “My mind does not rest until I silence my desire,” even if I have to go out and go to the market, to satisfy my needs. And her wild “welder.” One time, Enas was speaking to her husband on the phone, and he told her that he had eaten varicose leaves for lunch, and because she loved her so much, she felt her fever moving inside her. She said, “I ended the call and immediately went to a Lebanese restaurant that I usually go to,” to buy the meal she wanted, while she did not. She could no longer tolerate “smelling or seeing fish,” even though she was eating it regularly.
The crying funny one
Despite its harm and danger to the safety of the mother and child, Sabah Issa could not prevent herself from biting the scented soap bars, explaining that she was craving to eat them, and inhale the scent of the liquid soap and its grease on her skin. She used to feel joy and satisfaction when she “crunched the bar of soap between her teeth,” as if she was biting into a bar of chocolate, and cool and refreshed when she rubbed the sticky liquid on her skin, but she said, “I did not get too carried away in my fever, because I feared for the safety and development of the fetus,” because the soap contained toxic substances. In addition, there is no scientific connection between “birthmarks” and the birthmarks that appear on the child’s body, confirming that she only ate about two tablets. Issa explains that she contented herself with inhaling the scent of soap, and wasting time every time she craved a bite of it, until this desire disappeared after she reached her fourth month.
In a similar context, Nawal Abdullah (a bank employee) admitted that she was unable to prevent herself from eating “cotton mattresses and pillows,” explaining that her husband and her family were surprised by her fever and feared for her, and they consulted her gynecologist, who explained that some cases of fever may be strange and unhealthy.
At first, Abdullah was able to hide her fever, but her husband saw her put the cotton in her mouth and swallow it, and she says, “At first, he thought I was joking with him, claiming to have swallowed it,” but she told him the truth because she wanted to search for a solution to her “serious problem,” especially since she had swallowed a lot of it. . The couple felt great relief after visiting the doctor, who prescribed her a medicine to treat delusions, and confirmed that she had been cured of her strange, strange desire.
Hiyam Masoud (a mother of four children) describes her pregnancy periods as “crying funny” as her husband suffered from her many tiring requests and desires, explaining that she used to wake him up after midnight, to bring her what she wanted, so that he was often forced to leave the house, searching for shops. Open, to provide for her request, and she says, “I was turning his night into a tragedy,” in addition to sleeping on the living room sofa. Among her strange and funny situations, Masoud explains that she woke up one night, telling her husband that she wanted to eat “fattah,” and despite his persistent attempts to persuade her to go to sleep, promising her to enjoy “fattah,” she was unable to quell her desire, and she says, “I started imagining “My husband and son are eating fattah dishes, and I smell it on them,” which forced them to wander the city’s almost deserted streets. In the end, they were lucky, and Masoud points out that she ate four plates of fattah, while the tired husband watched in amazement. She also says, “I could not bear the constant presence of my husband near me.” She loved sitting alone to watch television, and she would even kick him out of the house when she felt nervous, blaming him for her torment, which created a kind of apathy between them, but the water soon returned. To her uterus after birth.
Notes for the waham period
Although it is not a disease, a large group of pregnant women suffer from the negative effects of pregnancy, especially in the first three months, but they are able to treat themselves on their own, if they follow the following instructions:
•Try to stay in bed for a short time when you wake up, so that you do not feel like vomiting, and drink ginger.
•Eat your breakfast in bed, and do not leave your stomach empty of food.
• Divide meals into small meals, so that your stomach keeps working throughout the day. It is also preferable to avoid fatty and heavy foods such as butter and ghee, and replace them with milk and its derivatives.
•Eat more soup, vegetables, red meat, and brown bread, until the craving period ends.
•Do light exercise, such as walking and movements, in order to stimulate oxygen in the blood.
• Keep yourself busy with social activities.
•If you do not get rid of the fever, it is recommended to consult your gynecologist, in order to give you the appropriate treatment: general analgesics and sedatives, in the form of pills, injections, or suppositories.
The dangers of welding
Some pregnant women are overwhelmed by strange desires to consume harmful and toxic substances, both natural and chemical, that cause harm and illness to both the mother and the fetus, so complications occur that may be dangerous for them, especially the fetus, which attaches to the wall of the uterus and absorbs all the food that reaches it through the placenta. . On the other hand, pregnancy hormones play their role in stimulating the nausea and vomiting center, to prevent the mother from ingesting harmful toxins. However, some types of strange cravings cause her annoying symptoms, such as:
•Coal and clay: intestinal infections, indigestion, and infection with parasites and worms.
•Paper: lead poisoning, anemia, fetal deformity.
•Chalk, paint, eggshells: gastritis.
•Soap: chronic diarrhea, chemical burns in the mouth and stomach.
•All kinds of meat and eggs: genetic abnormalities, miscarriage.
•Coffee, herbal tea, spices, and natural herbs such as sage and cumin: natural toxins, genetic changes.
•Carrots: “psoralen”, genetic changes.
•Mushrooms: “hydrazine”, genetic changes.
•Basil: “Astergol”, genetic changes.
•White and red cabbage (cauliflower): “isothiocyanates”, negative transformations.
•Potato and tomato peels: “solanine”, disability.
•Beans: a large amount of toxins, disability.