Constipation can be a debilitating thing for pregnant women. Dai Yongmei, a nutritionist at the Nutrition Department of Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital, said that pregnant women are a high-risk group for constipation. At the same time, constipation in pregnant women will also endanger the health of the baby. Two people. Hormonal changes slow down defecation. Dai Yongmei introduced that starting from the fourth month of pregnancy, due to changes in hormone levels in the body, the secretion of progesterone increases, which slows down intestinal peristalsis; while during pregnancy