labor pains
The pain of childbirth is one of the most painful experiences in women’s lives. It occurs for a number of reasons, including constriction of the uterus muscles, pressure of the head of the baby on the cervix, bladder, intestines, and the expansion of the birth canal and vagina. These pains are concentrated in the back and abdomen. , And thighs also, and the pain of childbirth from one woman to another, and pregnancy to another, some pregnant women may find that the pain of childbirth is similar to contractions menstrual cycle, while some may describe it as a feeling of intense pressure, and severe cramps, similar to colic caused by diarrhea.
The best that we can advise the next lady to give birth is to provide the correct and sufficient information about the stages of birth, and planning how to deal with her pain, so you can maintain calm at the start of labor, and this in turn can deal with pain and access to easy birth easy, .
Ways to facilitate delivery
One of the things that can facilitate birth and ease the pain include:
- Exercise: Exercising up stairs, or walking, helps the fetus get down to the birth canal, expands the cervix, and gives the pregnant body the strength to endure birth pains.
- Stimulation of the nipple: by massage the area surrounding the two breasts, which stimulates the uterus to contract.
- Sexual intercourse: Men’s semen contains the prostaglandin, a cervical ripening, which becomes soft and soft to allow the fetus to go out, which helps to stimulate and facilitate birth, although the role of intercourse in facilitating birth is not yet confirmed.
- Massage therapy: Massage the pregnant body during pregnancy reduces the concentration of cortisol, which reduces the possibility of premature birth, reduces the feeling of anxiety and depression, leg and back pain, while massage during labor reduces the pain, and shortens the labor time by an average of three hours. The essential oils can be used for massage after the 37th week of pregnancy, during childbirth after making sure that there is no medical condition to prevent the use of these oils, and safe oils to be used for massage the pregnant: Plumped oil, mandarin oil, Lavender oil, , Frankincense oil (incense), ginger oil, and lemon grass oil.
- Changing Situations During Labor: The pregnant woman can experiment with several positions during childbirth in order to feel comfortable and reach the best position. Situations include sitting on a chair with one foot up, kneeling, squatting, leaning on hands and knees, swinging forward and backward, leaning forward while sitting Or while standing, standing and walking.
- Exercising the right breathing and breathing strategies: Increases the amount of oxygen available to the mother and baby, helps maintain the mother’s energy and relieves the pain of contractions. The correct way to breathe is to enter the air through the nose with the count of three, and keep the air in the lungs for a while before getting it out again slowly , Through the mouth with a count of four (the exhalation time should be longer than the time of inhalation).
- Self Hypnosis: Hypnosis aims to get rid of anxiety that may prevent the secretion of the oxytocin hormone needed to start labor, it is worth noting that the effect of hypnosis still needs more research to prove its effectiveness.
- Eat foods and drinks that facilitate birth, including:
- Dates: Six sessions a day for four weeks before birth are easy to give birth, according to a study conducted at the Jordanian University of Science and Technology (February-January 2008), eating prenatal dates leads to normal cervical expansion during childbirth, and reduces the The need to use drugs that induce the occurrence of anaphylaxis such as: prostatin, and oxytocin.
- Anise and Al-Shumer: Anise and Shumar contain natural birth pains and are easily digested by estrogen.
- Spices: Eating spicy foods leads to the secretion of the prostaglandin hormone, which stimulates the uterus to contract.
- Evening primrose oil: Some limited evidence suggests that taking evening primrose oil orally or inserting it through the vagina helps soften the cervix and facilitate delivery.
- Red Mulberry Tea: Redberry leaf tea helps regular uterine contractions during birth, according to the OBGYN North team in Austin.
- Ringing: Drinking the ring reduces labor pains and stimulates uterine constriction. However, taking the ring may cause premature birth or miscarriage before taking delivery.
- Pineapple: Eating a large amount of pineapple, which naturally contains bromelain enzyme helps to soften the cervix, and stimulate birth.
Ways to stimulate birth
Waiting for normal birth time is the best thing a pregnant woman can do, and it is not advisable to resort to stimulating artificial labor except in certain cases including:
- Amniotic fluid deficiency surrounding the fetus.
- The mother has high blood pressure or diabetes.
- Amniotic fluid leak without feeling contractions.
- Two weeks after the last date of delivery.
- The presence of inflammation in the uterus.
- Disorders of fetal growth and development.
- Separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus.
- In the event of previous symptoms, and there has been no expansion of the cervix, the doctor can resort to the following options:
- The use of oxytocin may cause contractions within half an hour of use.
- The use of prostaglandin hormone topically in the cervix, or as a vaginal loading, which stimulates the uterus to contract, and soften the cervix.
- Amniotic amniotic membrane stripping, which stimulates the uterus to secrete prostaglandin hormone.
- A study by a team from the University of North Carolina showed that 70 percent of women who underwent acupuncture did not need any medical procedure to stimulate labor, compared to only 50 percent of the women who had acupuncture. Who do not receive acupuncture treatment, and acupuncture reduces the risk of Caesarean delivery.
Natural birth stages
The natural birth of three stages is:
- Stage of contractions: It begins uterine contractions that lead to the expansion of the cervix, and continue on average between (12-20) hours, and consists of three stages:
- The underlying stage: characterized by slow and distant contractions.
- Active phase: characterized by strong and convergent contractions.
- Transition: The contractions become longer and closer, in which the embryo starts downward.
- Stage of fetal exit.
- Stage of separation of the placenta from the uterus and its exit.