Varicose Veins in Pregnancy

There are a few ways to avoid varicose veins in pregnancy and they include:

Rest as often as you can. Your body is changing and your uterus is growing. As your uterus grows, it puts pressure on the veins in your lower body. This can cause the veins in your legs to swell while the increasing hormones in your body relax the walls of your veins. The more you use your legs for long periods of time the more likely you are to have varicose veins in pregnancy.

Instead of sleeping in your usual position, begin sleeping on your left side. The largest vein that carries the most amount of blood through your body is on the right side. Sleeping on your left side will not add extra pressure on this vein.

Sit back and put your feet up. When your legs feel tired and sore prop them up on a footstool, chair, or table. At night, you can also prop your feet up with a pillow to increase the blood flow.

Maternity hose can also be a big help. You need to put them prior to standing up in the morning. If you must get up and move around before you can put them. Lie back down and prop your legs up for a few minutes.

Whether you believe it or not exercise will help prevent varicose veins in pregnancy. You do not have to walk a mile or two, just around the block once a day will keep your cardiovascular system healthy.

Enroll in a childbirth class that offers Kegel exercises. These exercises aid in preventing hemorrhoids, which are varicose veins of the rectum.

Also, try your best not to cross your legs while sitting; this restricts the blood from flowing into your legs.

More on avoiding varicose veins in pregnancy

Spider veins and varicose veins in pregnancy are enlarged veins, blue or dark purple colored, swollen and raised above the surface of your skin, often on the inside of the legs or on the back of your calves, however, in pregnancy they appear more often as hemorrhoids.

Varicose veins in pregnancy can be formed around the anus or even in the vagina causing little or no discomfort, although when they appear in the rectal area may cause itching, burning or throbbing, sometimes worsening at the end of the day. These veins appear in many women for the first time while they are pregnant.

Although there are several factors that make you prone to varicose veins in pregnancy, the most common is constipation, common problem arising during pregnancy. Hemorrhoids are also the result of the pressure that your growing uterus puts on your pelvic veins.

Drinking plenty of fluids during pregnancy and having an exercising routine may help to relief the problems caused due to varicose veins in pregnancy, constipation, and straining due to a hard bowel movement that eventually leads to hemorrhoids.

Kegel exercises are ideal and widely recommended not only to avoid varicose veins in pregnancy, but for preparing yourself for labor and delivery. In addition, Kegel's increase circulation in your rectal area that will help you avoid the development of hemorrhoids.

Finally, do not wait until you have the urge to have a bowel movement and do not strain while moving your bowels because straining promotes the enlargement of the veins.