During natural birth, a woman experiences strong painful sensations. And not only the process of delivery, but also previous fights, turn the child’s birth into flour, which sometimes can last many hours in a row, if you have slow births.
For a very long time a search for optimal pain relief has been underway. However, ordinary anesthesia in this case cannot be used, since it negatively affects the fetus, in addition, a woman should be conscious in order to help the child be born.
Today, there are several methods of pain relief, which, if they do not completely relieve pain, then at least make the process less painful, which allows a woman to feel the mystery of the birth of a child.
Methods of pain relief of childbirth
One of the safest methods for reducing pain is to conduct childbirth in the pool. The room in the aquatic environment with the beginning of the fights allows you to almost completely remove the strong pain. In water, the body receives lightness, the tension is removed from the lower back, so the woman tolerates the fight much easier. Today this type of anesthesia is becoming more and more popular. Many women decide not only to be in the pool before childbirth, but also to give birth in water.
The second safe method of anesthesia is the use of percutaneous electroneurostimulation (Chens). This method is one of the most reliable and safe. It does not use drugs, so there is no negative effect on the child. Due to the attachment to the lower back of the electrodes, by electric impulses of pain is blocked. However, both of these methods are not effective for everyone. Some women are not able to relieve pain, so they have to use more radical methods.
For example, epidural anesthesia, which consists in vision in the spine of the woman in labor of a special medicine. First, trial anesthesia is administered. If no contraindications are detected, then through the catheter there is a gradual administration of the drug until the end of the birth.
This method is recommended only for complex childbirth, cesarean section, use of forceps during delivery. The input of anesthesia occurs at a certain stage of childbirth, since the drug can slow down or stop the process. Sensitivity to this drug is also individual. Some women get rid of pain, but are able to feel fights, while others feel complete numbness of the body.
The most powerful way to anesthetize childbirth is the use of petidine. The use of this method has a number of disadvantages. Firstly, administration of the medicine can only be done several times. Its action lasts about four hours, so during long birth, which flows for more than eight hours, this method is not effective. In addition, Petidine is not safe for the child. This medicine, acting on the body of the fetus, can lead to holding the child’s breathing, so I use the medicine only with particularly complex and difficult childbirths.
All these methods allow childbirth less painful, and recovery after childbirth is faster. However, nevertheless, the risk of using drug methods should be measured, therefore it is best to start with safer methods of pain relief, and to resort to drug methods in cases of emergency.