What can be done to prevent low blood pressure during pregnancy?
Low blood pressure during pregnancy can be dangerous for both parties. On the one hand, the pregnant woman can become unconscious and fall badly, for example, and on the other hand the reduced blood circulation can cause damage to the unborn child. Low blood pressure in expectant mothers is not treated by medication.
These would also constrict the vessels in the umbilical cord, so that the unborn child would not be supplied with sufficient blood. So one must fall back on other natural measures. These hardly differ from those of non-pregnant patients.
The pregnant woman must drink more, should eat more salty food and wear compression stockings. In addition, alternating showers and dry-brush massages are used to boost the circulation. An important difference to the other patients is the omission of caffeinated drinks such as coffee or tea.
In addition, you can also take herbal medicines, which you can buy over the counter in pharmacies and drugstores. Especially popular are the two medicinal plants camphor and hawthorn, which can be used in various forms (as tea, ointment, essential oil for inhalation).
