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Lifestyle of pregnant women at 6 weeks
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Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
[ Sex at 6 weeks pregnant
Most women wonder if sex is possible in this condition, especially when the 6th week of pregnancy has begun and the woman already knows for sure about her condition.
Experts, if the expectant mother feels normal, there is no threat of miscarriage, bloody discharge, pain in the lower abdomen, do not see any harm in having sex in the first weeks of pregnancy. It is worth limiting sex in the case when a woman has previously had problems with bearing a child (spontaneous miscarriages).
Nutrition in the 6th week of pregnancy
Week 6 of pregnancy may be the beginning of weight gain. Women who do not experience severe manifestations of toxicosis usually experience a weight gain of 1 to 3 kilograms during the first three months of pregnancy.
The mistake of many pregnant women is the opinion that it is now extremely important to eat for two. The woman's body does not require extra calories at all in the first three months of pregnancy. After the 12th week of pregnancy, an additional 300 calories are needed, which, in fact, is not much at all. The diet of a pregnant woman should include only healthy and wholesome food: vegetables, fruits, nuts, dairy products, etc. Healthy food will help your body get all the vitamins and microelements necessary during this important period. High fiber content in foods will help solve the problem of constipation, which pregnant women often suffer from. In addition, fiber gives a feeling of satiety for a longer time, which will contribute to the proper functioning of the digestive system.
Vitamins in the 6th week of pregnancy
Vitamins are very important for pregnant women. First of all, the 6th week of pregnancy forms vital organs and systems, so a lack of nutrients in the mother's body can negatively affect the development of the child. It is also important for the woman herself to get enough vitamins and minerals during this period, as this will help reduce the unpleasant symptoms of toxicosis, prevent problems with teeth, hair, skin, etc. Now many manufacturers produce vitamins for pregnant women. Basically, all vitamins have more or less the same composition. The selection of vitamins must be carried out taking into account the tests, the woman's condition.
Proper, nutritious nutrition (greens, lots of vegetables, fruits, mostly raw, foods containing fiber, etc.) relieves a woman of the need to take chemical vitamins daily.
Flying at 6 weeks pregnant
At present, there is no exact data that flights in the early stages of pregnancy can negatively affect the health of the expectant mother or the fetus, provided that the pregnancy is proceeding normally. Many women are worried about this (especially if it is not possible to cancel the flight). Low atmospheric pressure and humidity - all this raises a number of questions and fears in women.
If the 6th week of pregnancy passes without complications, then there will be no harm from a single flight for the future baby, and there is no confirmation that a flight can contribute to a frozen pregnancy or provoke a miscarriage.
Irregular flights in the first weeks of pregnancy do not pose a significant risk to the life of the fetus in the womb. The safest time for flights is considered to be pregnancy up to 37 weeks (up to 34 weeks if the pregnancy is multiple or complicated). From the 37th week, the probability of labor onset increases significantly, in this case, the flight can contribute to the onset of labor in a woman. Many airlines do not accept pregnant women on board at such late stages.
If you are planning to fly, you should be aware that most emergency medical care may be needed in the first and third trimesters.
Smoking at 6 weeks of pregnancy
Smoking in the early stages of pregnancy is especially dangerous. In the first weeks, while the woman does not suspect that she is pregnant, her lifestyle does not have a significant impact on the developing embryo. But the 6th week of pregnancy is the period when the fetus is already connected to the mother and receives nutrients from her body. At this stage, the formation of all vital organs and systems of the future person begins. After one puff, the fetus receives a large amount of nicotine, benzopyrene, carbon monoxide, which negatively affects its development. For example, from nicotine, the child in the womb does not receive oxygen, as a result, he literally suffocates. In this regard, the overwhelming majority of children whose mothers smoked were born with low body weight, they were sicklier and less developed than their peers.
In the first months of pregnancy, maternal smoking can provoke a miscarriage. The placenta does not prevent the penetration of all toxic substances that enter the mother's blood when smoking into the baby's body. At the same time, the negative impact of tobacco smoke also affects the placenta - its ability to transport various substances to the fetus decreases.
Smoking in the first weeks of pregnancy can be one of the reasons for the birth of a child with such pathologies as cleft palate, harelip. Experts associate this fact with the fact that the palate is formed in the 6-8th week.
Many women believe that abruptly quitting smoking is extremely harmful for the child, since the child gets used to the substances that enter the mother's blood when smoking and begins to need them. This is a complete misconception, the child cannot get used to something that kills and cripples him, so this opinion of a smoking mother is more self-reassurance than truth.
Alcohol at 6 weeks pregnant
At the beginning of pregnancy, alcohol has a negative effect on the development of the child in the womb. It has been said more than once that the 6th week of pregnancy is one of the most responsible in the development of vital systems and organs, at this time a woman should be as responsible as possible for the health of her unborn child. At the 6th week, the slightest negative external factor can affect the normal development of the embryo, and alcohol is the most toxic and dangerous during the period of bearing a child. Drinking alcohol in the first weeks of pregnancy is one of the causes of various deformities, anomalies, pathologies in the child. Drinking alcohol in large doses can lead to a miscarriage.