Forget about your fears. And everything will be fine!
Childbirth – a natural physiological process. How easy they will pass, largely depends on the correct behavior of the future mother.
Most expectant mothers, as a rule, have a good idea of what childbirth is. Magazines, books, videos, preparatory courses give extensive information about the process itself.
However, the closer the event, the more worries. Many are afraid of unexpected situations that can harm the child and, of course, fear and anxiety causes the expectation of pain. Do not think about bad! Nature itself set up a female body to natural birth – this is a natural physiological process. Psychologists say: when a person is configured for success, this confidence becomes so “objective” that what is most often becoming real. May the birth of a baby turn into a unique and happy event of your life!
Together is easier!
More and more women are now choosing childbirth with her husband.
And this is wonderful! When a close person is nearby, it will be much easier for you to cope with anxiety and excitement, and in difficult times the help of your spouse will have to be very helpful.
Typically, the first period of childbirth, when the cervix is opened, the most painful. It can be long (up to ten or more hours, especially during the first birth). In many maternity hospitals, a woman is given complete freedom: she is not attached to the ward and her bed, as before. You can walk, relax, crouching on a large ball, do special breathing exercises (unless, of course, they mastered them in courses in advance). Various poses help to reduce pain, for example, squatting or on all fours. It’s good to take a vertical position during the fight. You can, for example, grab your husband’s neck and sag on it – this will bring relief.
During this period, the psychological support of the partner is important: let him distract with conversations, stroke, praise, cheer up. It is great if he owns the simplest skills of natural anesthesia. At the early stage of childbirth, light massage of the abdomen is effective with fingertips. It is carried out in circular movements, begins from the navel and stroking the stomach down, then up. Massage with a tennis ball will help relieve lower back pain: in circular movements you need to carefully press on the lower back.
In the second period of childbirth, when the cervix is opened to the end, the fetal head drops to the pelvic bottom, the time of attempts come. Now the help of her husband becomes simply invaluable. He can support you so that you gather “in a lump”, or, for example, take a convenient pose for attempts – squatted down, relying on a partner. Helping you to cope physically, the husband will support emotionally, which often turns out to be more effective than various drugs and the help of obstetricians.
During joint birth, figuratively speaking, not only the child is born. Amazing transformations occur in the soul of the dad: a father is born in a man. Having become an active participant in the long -awaited event, having survived his difficult and exciting moments, the man is imbued with special feelings for his child and, of course, to his beloved woman, who gave him a beloved little miracle in generic torment.
Is anesthesia harmful?
Sometimes at the beginning of childbirth they resort to anesthesia. Use such anesthesia of childbirth or not – it depends on the condition of the woman, the threshold of pain sensitivity. Many young women tolerate pain quite poorly: not even very strong contractions cause a storm of emotions in them.
When mom is nervous, when she is “on a platoon”, the baby has to be tight. Enhanced adrenaline production in its body causes a child’s heartbeat in a child. Therefore, so that the fetus does not suffer, doctors often recommend the so -called epidural anesthesia: a small amount of drug is administered to the woman in labor that does not affect the baby.
Such anesthesia relieves pain during contractions, but the motor functions of a woman are not affected. The expectant mother feels more confident, correctly distributes her strength, and childbirth passes easier.
No need to be afraid of childbirth: under the control of technology
Extensive information about the well -being of mom and baby gives monitor observation. Smart technique clearly captures the rhythms of the heartbeat in the baby, the frequency of contractions, captures the indicators of blood pressure and mother’s body temperature. The doctor can quickly make adjustments to the birth process. For example, if uterine contractions go with violations and the baby is not enough oxygen, a woman is administered a special drug that quickly enters the child through her blood, which leads to an improvement in his metabolic processes, and he receives additional forces for difficult work of birth. With an acute threat of hypoxia for the health of the baby, the doctor may decide on emergency cesarean section.