Birth
Birth is the process of leaving the fetus from the mother’s womb to life and ends with pregnancy. In the last weeks of pregnancy, pregnant women feel contractions in the uterus accompanied by feeling tired, inability to focus, weight and lack of energy. The weight of the fetus increases in the ninth month of pregnancy by three kilograms and is covered by a layer of fat to maintain it. During this period, an ultrasound examination, prenatal examination of the baby’s weight, and so on is to be prepared to join the outside world.
Symptoms of delivery in the ninth month
The pain associated with childbirth differs from one woman to another according to the prenatal state of the child, and according to her ability to endure. The pain is continuous in the abdomen and lower back, accompanied by a feeling of cramps very similar to menstrual cramps, accompanied by vaginal discharge, , But the majority of pregnant women share the following symptoms:
- The feeling of heaviness is due to the weight of the child who moves to the pelvis down hours before the onset of painful and regular contractions, which indicates the imminent birth of the child. .
- In some cases, the pregnant woman is about to become pregnant. If the explosion is accompanied by contractions that lead to the expansion of the cervix, if the duration of the contractions is closer and more severe, contact the doctor directly.
- The fetus’s head is placed in the pelvis prior to the moment of birth. The pregnant woman is able to breathe more deeply, with the number of accessions to the bathroom increasing.
- Sensation of fatigue and nausea due to hormonal change in late pregnancy to begin the process of birth.
- If this pregnancy is the first, it will have sufficient time to reach the hospital despite the regularity of the contractions, separating them from the opening of the neck fully hours.
- The cervix opens gradually under the influence of contractions to reach the diameter of the uterine expansion in the uterus 10 cm, which helps to push the child forward gradually.
- The fetus can not go out unless the uterus is completely stretched. The mother feels her baby’s head resting on the bottom of the uterus. He tends to push it, but she must wait until the doctor asks her to do so.
- One of the most important symptoms of birth in the ninth month of the occurrence of physiological changes, where the secretion of mucous material is mixed with blood, and then contractions in the uterus, and those intended to contract is the exit of the fetus, and these regular contractions by half an hour, and then start this period to decrease even This is called real divorce, but if the contractions are irregular and for spaced periods, this is a non-real divorce, and after the real opening begins the flow of amniotic fluid to the vagina after the explosion of the sac, and the function This The means to facilitate the embryo exit process.
Types of birth
Birth is divided into three main types: early birth, normal birth, and Caesarean delivery:
Premature birth
Every birth occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy, and there are precise criteria for diagnosing this condition of birth. It is important to treat premature birth to avoid the birth of premature babies whose children suffer from many health problems such as growth, breathing and sometimes death. The more the child is born and the lower the weight, because premature birth is a major cause of child ill health and death.
Reasons
The main causes of premature birth are:
- The situation is repeated : One of the most important factors and most influential, and the greater the number of premature births, the greater the likelihood of recurrence.
- Pregnancy is twins, and pregnancy is frequent in a short period , Both cases relax the muscles of the uterus, and thus threaten the premature birth.
- Some bad habits Such as smoking, passive smoking, drug abuse, extreme thinness, malnutrition and anemia during pregnancy.
- Health reasons Urinary tract infection, uterine bleeding during the womb, especially after the twelfth week, or viral infection, or disorders in the uterus.
- Surgery In the cervix before pregnancy.
- The poor socioeconomic status of the pregnant woman Adversely affect their nutrition, and psychological.
Natural childbirth
In general, birth is generally referred to as normal delivery, the general condition of childbirth. Other types of births are considered alternative or secondary for reasons ranging from maintaining the health of the fetus to that of the pregnant mother.
Stages
Natural birth is in four stages:
- Signs of birth : Pregnant women feel slight and irregular contractions, and this stage lasts between five to seven hours on average, and may sometimes extend to twenty hours.
- The first stage of birth: contractions are contracted, the cervix expands and becomes accurate, and this stage lasts between two and a half to four and a half hours.
- The second stage of birth: The contractions of the uterus converge for an hour and a half hours, and requires the pregnant woman to push the fetus out of the womb, which requires a lot of effort, and may take several minutes or more, but if the woman is pregnant for the first time it takes more than This is the most painful phase of all stages.
- The third stage of birth: the last stage after the emergence of the newborn, is the extraction of the placenta from the uterus, which requires thirty minutes or an hour more. After the delivery, the doctor examines the vagina to detect bleeding or other damage to the uterus.
Caesarean delivery
Is a surgical operation for delivery and is often accompanied by local or total anesthesia, this operation is a narrow abdominal and then incision of the uterus to remove the fetus from the uterus. Caesarean delivery is performed if there are diseases or problems in the pregnant woman or in the fetus that can not complete the normal birth.
Reasons
Caesarean delivery has several causes and causes, which can be performed in the following cases:
- Optional cesarean delivery , The pregnant woman may wish to have a Caesarean section on normal delivery.
- Dysfunction , Which is the result of several reasons, such as lack of compatibility between the size of the fetus and the pregnant basin, or weakness of contractions uterus. Most obstetric problems are treated with medication, and cesarean section is used if the drugs are not responded to.
- Problems with the fetus : Such as the umbilical cord, which can wrap around the neck, the slow heartbeat of the fetus and the abnormal position of the fetus.
- Problems with pregnant women : Herpes infection, HIV / AIDS, multiple pregnancies, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, etc.
- Problems with the placenta : As separation, or suffering from the pregnant placenta placenta.
- Previous cesarean section : Natural birth becomes outside the possibilities of pregnant women.
Tips for easy birth
Pregnant women can follow many habits that help them to give birth easily, from these habits:
- Daily walking : Walking on a daily basis for twenty minutes on the relaxation of the muscles of the uterus, and thus facilitate natural birth.
- Special aerobics for the pelvic area , Especially Kigel exercises that strengthen the muscles of the pelvis, maintain pregnancy until the end of its normal duration, and reduce premature birth. Proper breathing also plays an important role in relieving labor pains.
- hot drinks : Kalyanson, which works to relax the muscles of the uterus, calming the nerves of pregnant women, and sage that ease the pain of childbirth, and milk with honey that activates the uterus, dates and milk, which works to relax the pelvic muscles and facilitate birth,
- Shower with hot water : The best way to relax muscles and facilitate birth.
- Massage : Massage helps to raise the level of oxytocin hormone responsible for the relaxation of the muscles of the uterus, diminishing the pain of childbirth.
Foods that facilitate birth
Food plays an important role in facilitating birth, and the best of these nutrients:
- dates : It is classified as one of the best foods that help speed up the birth and facilitate, because it contains materials that help relax the muscles of the uterus and encourage the removal of the fetus ..
- olive oil : It has a lower back lip, which increases the softness of the skin, which helps to stretch the muscles and tissues in preparation for the expansion of the uterus.
- Thyme : Hot thyme helps to expand the uterus, so it is recommended to drink a glass of thyme in the evening without much of it.
- Anise and sage : As mentioned previously both are useful to facilitate the process of delivery.
- Honey and ring : Honey facilitates birth, and the ring works to relieve the pain.
- Cinnamon : Cinnamon is used to encourage the uterus to ejaculate everything inside it, whether it is fetus or blood deposits, it saves the uterus from all that remains stuck after birth also, can be drained ring diluted honey or mixed with milk.
- Chamomile : Hot chamomile works to widen the uterus, thus facilitating the birth process.
Postnatal exercises
Each part of the body has a specific type of exercise that helps to regain its strength and normal form:
Pelvic floor muscles
- Sit in a healthy and comfortable session, then pull a deep breath, tighten the outer uterine muscles to the inside, as if you are avoiding removing any of them, hold the count until 3 and relax slowly. Concentrate on these muscles only, do not pull the abdominal muscles with them, do not hug your legs together strongly, and to maintain the position of sitting is very important to take advantage of this exercise.
- Lie on the floor with knees flexed, thigh muscles together, exercise ten times above, this method helps to control the bladder, and reduce the use of repeated water cycle.
- Rub on your back with your knees bent, put your hand down your back and press your back towards your hand with your pelvic muscles pulled up, then relax, repeat this exercise five to ten times.
- In the same position, lift the pelvis up with a tightening of the pelvic muscles, lift and relax, repeat this exercise five to ten times.
Abdominal Exercises
- Rub on your back, bend your knees, pull your abdominal muscles inward so that your arms are stretched out towards your knees, lift your head and shoulder up and slowly descend. Repeat this exercise five to ten times.
- In the same position, pull the abdominal muscles inward, release your right hand towards your left knee, lift your head and shoulder up, and slowly lower the position. Repeat this exercise five to ten times.
- From the same position pull the abdominal muscles inward and move the knees together to the right and then to the left, touch the ground with your knees on both sides, repeat this exercise five to ten times.
Exercises to embody the chest
- From the position of standing or sitting Put your fingertips on your shoulders, and in a circular way, move your bowels inside and then out. Be sure to consult your doctor before starting any exercise, to avoid any injury to you.
Postnatal nutrition
Methods of feeding the mother after birth significantly match the nutrition of pregnant women before birth, and be as follows:
- Feeding the mother affects the baby during the lactation period, so the mother should not change her diet without consulting a doctor, and should continue to follow the same healthy diet she followed during pregnancy. A balanced diet helps to lower the mother’s weight and return to normal weight before pregnancy.
- It is important that the mother drink large amounts of fluids to avoid constipation. She should drink something after every child’s natural feeding.
- Consult your doctor about the importance of continuing to take the vitamins that the mother used to prenatal. Some health authorities prefer to wait at least a week before returning to taking these vitamins again to avoid constipation.