14 basic facts about childbirth that you need to know

For a future mother, especially if her pregnancy is the first and desired, it is quite natural to experience a cocktail of mixed feelings. This is joy, hope, new shades of love and, at the same time, understandable fear and confusion. It is impossible to answer all the questions that arise during pregnancy, but to highlight the most common problems is quite real. It is better to familiarize yourself with them in advance so as not to waste time and energy on unreasonable fears, but to meet one of the main events in your life with joy and light in your soul!

Unflattering but completely natural reality

1. Chills. This phenomenon, which is often observed in women in childbirth, but is not a consequence of the cold. It can appear due to an increase or decrease in blood pressure, which is under the strict control of the attending physician. Sometimes this happens due to a slight increase in body temperature - experts explain this by the incompatibility of the blood of the fetus and mother
2. Gases and uncontrolled bowel movements. The fact is unpleasant, but this often happens during the birth process. It is quite difficult to get rid of the natural feeling of shame, but let the fact that you, in this case, are just one of many, and the medical staff, is absolutely familiar with this, at least a little reassure you. Passing through the birth canal, the fetus temporarily squeezes the intestines and puts pressure on the internal organs, as a result of which gases are released and feces can be expelled
3. Vomiting What to do, such painful embarrassments happen during childbirth. Like chills, they can be explained by jumps in blood pressure or the use of epidural anesthesia. Often, vomiting also occurs as a result of a sharp opening of the cervix or in the case when contractions started quite rapidly after eating
4. Stupor due to severe fright. You can regularly attend classes for expectant mothers and be listed there as one of the best students, but at the time of stress all knowledge and skills are often transformed in the head into a complete vacuum. Still, try to find the strength in yourself to regain common sense and remember everything!
5. Custom actions. Tears, screams and tantrums - this is far from all that can be accompanied by patrimonial activity. Sometimes women tend to behave not quite normally, they can insult doctors and spouse, tear off their clothes. This is explained by the hormonal revolution, which breaks out uncontrollable emotions
6. Rejection of the desired baby at first sight. Do not be afraid that after a complex process of childbirth, filled with fear, pain and despair, you will not be touched by visual contact with the newborn. This is a consequence of stress just experienced. Within a few hours, when the storm of feelings calms down slightly, you look at him with completely different eyes and you will feel an irresistible desire not to part with the crumbs for a minute!
7. Male fear. Today, the mandatory presence of a husband in childbirth has become fashionable. The picture that a woman paints herself in advance in the form of gentle handshakes and tears of happiness when the heir is born is fundamentally different from reality. In fact, men, for the most part, experience the deepest sense of horror from what is happening. Looking at the pain and torment of a beloved woman, and having no way to ease them, they fall into a complete stupor. And in general, the picture that opens to the eye is completely devoid of aesthetics and beauty, so think about whether it’s really important for you to make a family show out of such an intimate event

What you need to know about childbirth

1. Start. So that the initial stage of childbirth does not become sudden for you, you should know that it can occur in several ways. Most often, his arrival is signaled by contractions, gradually flowing into attempts, in some cases water or a mucous plug go out, it is impossible not to notice the appearance of them. Try to protect yourself as much as possible, and after 37 weeks of pregnancy, make sure that the documents and bag with accessories for the hospital are always near you
2. Contractions. They are true and false. To soberly assess the situation, it is enough to take advantage of the research of Dr. Brexton Hicks. The doctor considered false, or training, contractions, an important preparation of the body for childbirth. They can appear after 20 weeks of pregnancy in the form of spasms and are interpreted by specialists as an increased tone of the uterus. True contractions have a pronounced systematic character - at first their duration is 5-10 seconds. But their duration and intensity will gradually increase and increase.
3. Three stages of childbirth. The first sometimes takes up to 20 hours, at this time the uterus gradually opens, the birth canal expands, preparing the ground for the baby to be born. The second is the birth of the child itself. The third is the separation of the placenta, umbilical cord and fetal membranes from the walls of the uterus, in other words, the expulsion of the placenta
4. Disclosure. In order to quickly approach the second stage of labor, you should not lie down during ongoing contractions, but, if possible, move slowly. If the mother has enough willpower and patience to behave moderately actively, then the cervix opens faster and with an indicator of 10 cm, you can already wait for the successful appearance of the long-awaited culprit of events
5. Poses for childbirth. In our country, women give birth traditionally in a horizontal position. This is familiar and convenient primarily for obstetricians. Recent medical studies show that vertical childbirth is much more preferable for both the fetus and the mother. It is not for nothing that in ancient times in many countries of the world women gave birth on their haunches. Today the choice is yours
6. Pain The human body can withstand 45 del (a unit of pain). But during childbirth, a woman feels pain up to 57 del. It’s like twenty bone fractures received at the same time ... The emergence of a new life is always accompanied by pain, and so far no one has managed to avoid it. With unpleasant sensations, the body reacts to squeezing the nerve endings and internal organs of the abdominal cavity. Light pain impulses appear in the lumbar region, gradually filling the abdomen and encircling the whole body of the woman in labor. This is normal and not fatal at all.
7. Pleasant conclusion. The production of beta-endorphins by the body of a woman giving birth is another proof of the wisdom of nature. They are the best painkiller of natural origin. In a small concentration, their presence in breast milk is also noticed, which allows the baby to feel calm and happy in a world alien to him!

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