Pregnant mothers especially like to eat snail powder. What's the effect on their baby?

Recently, I went to see my pregnant distant cousin. As soon as I entered the door, she greeted me: "Cousin, come in, I have a question to ask!" " "I sat down and asked her what it was.

She was a little embarrassed and said, "I don't know anything. Recently, I especially like to eat snail powder, but every time I eat the baby in my stomach, it is like a protest. "

I asked her, "How many weeks are you pregnant now?"

Cousin: "It's almost 29 weeks."

I told her: "This is the baby protesting! Tell you he doesn't like snail powder! "

Cousin was surprised: "Can a baby smell it?"

After some pregnant women enter the third trimester, as long as they eat some irritating food, they will find that the baby is moving for a while. This is because the fetus' sense of smell has begun to develop, and they can smell! And the baby's sense of smell plays a big role in their life after birth!

How does the baby's sense of smell develop?

When did the fetal sense of smell begin to develop?

How many weeks pregnant can you smell the outside of the uterus?

When can the baby smell the perfume of mother?

According to modern scientific research, we can know the development of the olfactory region of the brain when the baby is in the mother's womb.

A.？ Five weeks pregnant

At this time, the baby is only 6mm (a little guy as big as a soybean), and has begun to build a nerve center responsible for the sense of smell in the brain. But it is not enough to have a sense of smell, and the fetus can't smell anything.

B.？ 2-6 months pregnant

During this period, the baby's nose began to take shape gradually, but a mass of tissue was stuffed in the nasal cavity so that the fetus could not smell anything. Scientists speculate that these tissues may be just to prevent babies from smelling.

C.？ Seven months pregnant

In Let the Child's Brain Be Free, the author points out that after the seventh month of pregnancy, many olfactory nerves of the fetus begin to communicate with the olfactory cortex.

At this time, the fetus is strong enough, so the placenta is not so strict in screening odor molecules. Fetuses can smell all kinds of smells, which will further promote the development of olfactory nerves.

"Smell mark" makes mother and baby closer. I remember that when I was pregnant with Bauer, I often passed by a trotter shop on my way to work, and the whole street was filled with the aroma of trotters. In the third trimester, every time I walk past that store, my stomach always rises and falls twice. Dad joked, "Bauer is anxious to eat pig's trotters!" " "Later, after Bauer was born, we specially bought him the pig's trotters. I didn't expect him to really like them.

We usually think that babies have no memory of the time in their mothers' stomachs. However, more and more experiments show that some experiences of a baby living in the womb before birth do affect his preferences after birth, such as the sense of smell and hearing developed earlier.

The baby will remember the smell of mother, the smell of amniotic fluid and other smells that are often smelled in the mother's stomach. If you are in this smell after birth, your baby will feel more secure.

Tip: Being familiar with the mother's taste will make the relationship between mother and baby closer. Fetal memory of smell is "olfactory marker"

Promote the development of fetal sense of smell and achieve "two more and one less"

Since we have a sense of smell, we use it almost every minute, so it is easy to be ignored. But in fact, the sense of smell is very important for the baby's future development. In the theory of sensory integration, if the sense of smell develops well, children's cognitive level and memory will be improved. So what can pregnant mothers do to help their babies develop their sense of smell during the fetal period?

First of all, pregnant mothers should try to eat as many ingredients as possible.

You may find it strange that what mom eats has nothing to do with taste. The occurrence of sense of smell begins with the odor molecules in the air sensed by the nasal mucosa. These molecules enter amniotic fluid through the mother and then contact the nasal mucosa of the fetus. Therefore, how much smell the baby can smell depends not only on what the pregnant mother smells, but also on what the pregnant mother eats.

The more smells the fetus smells, the more opportunities the nasal cavity and olfactory nerve practice together, the sharper the sense of smell and the higher the acceptance. Expectant mothers who seldom eat vegetables will not only dislike the taste of vegetables after their babies are born, but even refuse to smell them.

Secondly, breathe more fresh air.

According to scientists' observation, the fetus is very sensitive to "harmful" smells, such as smoke and odor, and will curl up after encountering them. This is because the baby's own development needs a lot of oxygen, so it is best for pregnant mothers to avoid being crowded and secondhand smoke. Often open the window for air, or go for a walk in the park, breathe more fresh air and increase the oxygen content in the blood.

Finally, eat less spicy food.

As soon as my cousin eats snail powder, the baby in her stomach kicks her legs desperately, which is out of the need to protect herself. Fetuses naturally don't like too exciting smells. Both snail powder and mother's perfume may cause frequent fetal movements. Therefore, it is suggested that pregnant mothers eat as little irritating food as possible to create a healthy environment for Taibao's olfactory development.

Pillow parenting information:

Before birth, many organs of the baby have begun to develop, and touch, smell and hearing are all promoting the development of his brain. By the third trimester, the fetus has a rich sensory network and can even communicate with pregnant mothers. Therefore, the birth of the baby is not so much a "first meeting" as a "reunion after a long separation", don't you think?