Will eating hawthorn cause miscarriage? Don’t eat too much

Many women like to eat sour foods during pregnancy, such as hawthorn slices, candied haws, etc. However, some people say that hawthorn can cause miscarriage, which scares many pregnant mothers and they dare not eat hawthorn foods. So, will eating hawthorn cause miscarriage? Let's take a look.

Pregnant women can eat some hawthorn properly, but they must not eat too much, because hawthorn has an excitatory effect on the uterus. After eating hawthorn, pregnant women will promote the contraction of the uterus, which may cause miscarriage. Therefore, pregnant women should eat less hawthorn to avoid miscarriage. If pregnant women have a history of miscarriage or threatened miscarriage, it is best not to eat hawthorn and its products. If pregnant women want to eat acidic fruits, they can eat green apples, grapes, bayberries, tomatoes, etc. These fruits are also sour and nutritious.

The acidity is low in early pregnancy, and the acidic drugs or other acidic substances ingested by the mother are likely to accumulate in the fetal tissues, affecting the normal division, proliferation, development and growth of embryonic cells, and easily inducing genetic mutations, leading to fetal malformation. In the late pregnancy, as the fetus matures, the pH value in its tissue cells is close to that of the mother, and the harm caused by the impact is relatively small. Therefore, pregnant mothers should not take acidic drugs, acidic foods, acidic drinks, etc. for about 2 weeks in the early pregnancy. Modern medical clinical evidence shows that hawthorn has a contraction effect on women's uterus. If pregnant mothers eat a lot of hawthorn food, it will stimulate uterine contraction and even cause miscarriage.