If you are pregnant and are facing the problem of an itchy bottom along with pain as well as blood, then you might be suffering from piles. These are also highly painful hemorrhoids and after emptying your bowels your veins may significantly hang down. You can even feel them as soft and small lumps at the edge of the inside of your bottom

Susceptibility of pregnant women to get piles

More than half of the women suffer from this problem especially during the period of pregnancy or probably after the birth of the child. If you hadn’t faced this disease earlier in your life then the susceptibility of having it increases significantly once you have given birth to a child. It has been clearly evident from the researches that pregnancy is indeed the first time in most of the cases where a woman faces the issues related to piles.

Reason behind their vulnerability

Pregnant women are more vulnerable to piles because during this phase, the overall blood circulation in the body increases drastically and for the same reason the progesterone released in the females relax and loosen up the walls of these vessels. The veins underneath your womb tend to become swollen and at the same time these also tend to get a bit stretched up. The reason behind this is that the developing baby puts pressure on these. For the same reason, the woman in the phase of pregnancy develops an increased tendency to face this problem. 

The prevention in case of Piles

Although, there is a highly increased tendency of pregnant woman to have the problem in context to piles yet it can be avoided keeping some points in mind.

• Start listening to your body and try to access the toilet whenever you feel a strong bowel movement as you should not put any kind of strain or pressure on these movements.

• Try avoiding constipation. You can make significant changes in your diet as a right diet would surely relieve you of this problem. Try to increase the fiber content in your diet by incorporating green vegetables, whole grains as well as fruits in your diet.

• You should make sure that you have 8 to 10 glasses of water in a single day.

• Try do give some time for exercises and you can also inculcate the habit of taking regular and brisk walk.

• You can also ask your doctor to arrange an apt stool softener for you.

• There are several specialized floor exercises meant for the pelvic region. These exercises enhance the circulation of blood in the bottom-most region and thereby provide you relief.

Though it might not be an alarming thing but you can help yourself from facing unnecessary problems by taking timely medical help and leading a healthy lifestyle.