Eating disorders or eating disorders can occur to anyone, including pregnant women. Women who have eating disorders before becoming pregnant are more at risk of eating disorders while pregnant.
Eating disorders are unhealthy eating habits, such as eating too little or too much, which can cause negative effects on health. In pregnant women, eating disorders will not only have an effect on him, but also on the fetus they contain.
Risk Factors and Types of Eating Disorders in Pregnant Women
Eating disorders in pregnant women can be caused by various factors, such as the nature of perfectionism in childhood, trauma and criticism related to eating patterns in the past, and the views or opinions of people around who say that the ideal body shape is a thin body shape.
Eating disorders that can be experienced by pregnant women include:
- Anorexia nervosa, which is an attempt to lose weight by eating too little and exercising too hard. Anorexia is characterized by symptoms such as drastic weight loss, dry skin, and excessive fatigue.
- Bulimia is an excessive eating habit and then releases it again. People with bulimia are generally prone to mood swings, worry too much about body weight, and often think about the food they will consume.
- Binge eating, which is the habit of eating too much to cause discomfort. Binge eating is characterized by symptoms of difficulty in stopping eating and habit of hoarding food.
To find out if Bumil has an eating disorder, honestly answer the following two questions:
- Does Pregnant Woman feel guilty when unable to reach the desired weight?
- Does Bumil feel that controlling the food to be consumed is the only way to make life go smoothly?
If the answer to the two questions above is "yes", Bumil should consult an obstetrician. If necessary, the doctor will refer pregnant women to a psychiatrist or a nutritionist doctor for further examination and treatment.
Overcome Eating Disorders when Pregnant
There are several ways you can do to overcome eating disorders in pregnant women, namely:
1. Ask for family support
Asking for support from family and loved ones is the first thing pregnant women should do to overcome eating disorders during pregnancy. If possible, pregnant women are advised to be accompanied by family members every time they check their pregnancy conditions to the obstetrician.
2. Practicing mind control
To overcome eating disorders, pregnant women also need to practice mind control. The trick is as follows:
- When the mind arises to consume large amounts of food, or when a desire arises not to eat at all for fear of being fat, pregnant women can strengthen their determination by saying to themselves, "I will not obey these desires," or "I can recover."
- Write down negative thoughts about wanting to eat or not eat at all on one sheet of paper. For example "I'm bored, so I want to eat." On the reverse paper, Bumil can write "Eating when bored will only make me even bored."
- Be honest with yourself to answer what benefits you get from eating too much or not eating at all, and what consequences will you get from the habit.
3. Taking medicine
This can be a last resort if eating disorders experienced by pregnant women are very severe, because the choice of drugs that can be used during pregnancy is very limited. The choice of treatment will be determined by the obstetrician and psychiatrist.
Some of the ways above can be done to overcome eating disorders in pregnant women. In addition, do not forget to routinely perform an obstetric examination, Mother. This examination is useful to monitor the health and development of the fetus and the womb, also to detect if there are disturbances that occur due to pregnant women eating habits.
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