Patient's question:
I have an itchy lower body, and my underwear is always yellow. What's going on? Is it good for the fetus to sleep on the left side during pregnancy?Doctor's answer:
Hello! Lying on your back can compress the aorta and inferior vena cava. Additionally, the uterus of a pregnant woman rotates to varying degrees to the right, which puts the ligaments and mesenteries that maintain the normal position of the uterus under tension. The blood vessels in the mesentery that nourish the uterus are stretched, affecting the oxygen supply to the fetus, leading to chronic fetal hypoxia in the uterus. In severe cases, it may cause fetal asphyxia or death. Therefore, from the sixth month of pregnancy onwards, our expectant mothers should definitely develop the habit of sleeping on their left side.