The overwhelming majority of people believe that childbirth is a very painful and painful process and nothing else. Therefore, often future mothers are frightened to wonder - how to survive contractions during childbirth? They believe that it is possible to alleviate the sufferings of a woman in childbirth only with the help of modern medicine achievements in the field of anesthetic drugs. However, pain relievers can not always be used, because each of them most often has side effects that can adversely affect both the state of the mother and her baby. But completely rely on traditional medicine is not necessary.
The human body is the most amazing product of nature and there are more possibilities in it than we often think. The body of a woman during labor actively produces a large number of endorphins - hormones of pleasure and joy, greatly helping to reduce pain and other negative feelings and help the mother to survive the stress produced on the body by birth.
If you feel the fear of childbirth, then you are growing tension in the muscles. However, in order to less painfully survive a fight, you need to relax. The key to relaxing the body is the relaxation of thoughts and consciousness.
The first contractions are short and go every 10-20 minutes, their duration is about 15 seconds. With them, the mucous plug is removed from the body and the amniotic fluid often leaves. Physiologically, the meaning of this period, lasting 3-11 hours, is the opening of the uterine throat. After this period, the duration of the bouts increases to about a minute, the interval between them is reduced to three minutes. At the same time, the uterine pharynx dilates by another 5-7 cm and the child goes deeper into the birth canal.
All women in labor are advised to immediately go to the nearest maternity hospital while leaving amniotic fluid. This should not be delayed, doubting whether it marks the beginning of labor, even if there are still no fights. If the fights already go with a periodicity of 10 minutes - you can not delay. Drink raspberry tea, this will facilitate the process of childbirth. In battles, change the position of the body, for example, stand on all fours, lie on your side, walk around, take a bath, until you find the pose that is most comfortable for you. There are poses that help relax the muscles. These are the poses like:
- Squat, spreading your knees apart;
- Sit on the edge of the chair facing the back and lean on it with your elbows;
- Try to hang on the crossbar, if it is not - then on the door jamb or on the neck of the husband, while in your favor gravity plays;
- Sit on the bed or the floor on the widely divorced knees. However, in any case it is not recommended to sit on the buttocks, as this can damage the baby's head.
A special method of breathing can significantly reduce or completely eliminate pain. Since anesthetics in any way affect your baby in any degree, then by learning to breathe properly, you can avoid using these drugs or reduce the time of their use to a minimum.
In the very first, latent or latent, period of labor, contractions can take place without any pain, which allows almost all women in this phase to calmly engage in their usual affairs. In this case, it is not necessary to breathe in a special way. At this time, the cervix is only being prepared for delivery and its opening begins.
By the beginning of the second phase of the fight intensifies and increases. You can already start breathing in a certain rhythm. It looks like this - breathe in through your nose into the account from one to four, exhale through your mouth to count from one to six. With this slow deep breathing, the body, and with it the fruit, receives more oxygen, and the woman is distracted from pain, concentrating on breathing.
As the contractions increase, you may notice that this type of breathing no longer helps to reduce pain. This means that it's time to switch to another type of breathing - rapid breathing. With him, first you breathe the above-described type of breathing, and as the pain and labor intensify, go on to a quick shallow breathing "dog-like," the upper part of the lungs. Inhalation and exhalation go through the mouth, there is no pause. As soon as the fight starts to wane - return to the previous deep and slow type of breathing.