What are fights, and how to identify them

Every future mother before the birth with a sinking heart and anxious waiting for the onset of labor. What are fights, and how to define them? Should they be afraid?

For successful pregnancy, female sex hormones respond. By the end of the period there is a change in the hormonal background. During the entire pregnancy, progesterone, the hormone that supports pregnancy, "dominates" in the body of the expectant mother. Shortly before the birth, instead of progesterone, "estrogen" - female sex hormones produced by the placenta - begin to "command". Their task - to prepare the body for childbirth, because of them there are contractions of the uterus - fights.

3-4 weeks before the birth, a pregnant woman begins to worry about periodic pains in the lower back and lower abdomen, sometimes arising during menstruation. There may be a feeling of raspryaniya, pain, tingling in the pubic area, which is due to the pressure of the fetus on the pubic bone. With high excitability of the uterus, its tonic tension occurs, it becomes firm. This happens 1-2 times a week, and closer to the time 1-2 times a day. In addition, there are periodic contractions of the uterus, which many women perceive as the beginning of childbirth. Do not panic and rather run to the hospital. Such symptoms are called false labor or precursors of childbirth. They do not lead to the birth itself, but only prepare the organism for them. False contractions appear after 25-30 minutes for 2-4 hours, and then fade. They are of an irregular, painless nature, and the time between contractions is not reduced. For example, if the fights go with an interval of 30 minutes, then 10 minutes, then in 20 minutes, you still do not give birth.
The future mother should not worry and get irritated, she can try to stop the fights herself. It is recommended to take a walk, take a warm bath or shower, drink a glass of water, take the most convenient position. Massage of the sacral spine is also effective.

From penetration of infection, the uterus is protected by a mucous plug. In the period of labor this cork can go away. A pregnant woman should not worry much about this, since the baby is protected by reliable shells. There may be a small amount of blood in the mucus, so small that a woman can not even notice it.
Departure of the mucous plug indicates that the birth is not far off and should refrain from any distant trips. But this does not mean that childbirth will come on this day. It happens that it takes about a week before the labor starts. When blood of bright scarlet color appears or if the mucous plug has departed earlier than 2 weeks before the delivery, the doctor should be consulted immediately.

The unmistakable sign of the onset of labor is that pain is added to the fights, gradually growing, at first barely discernible, in the form of discomfort in the abdomen. It may take several hours for the contractions to become regular and intense. You can go to the hospital when the interval between contractions is reduced to 8 minutes (if the birth is the first and to the maternity hospital not far). If the pain is very strong, and there is no clear interval between contractions, then we must go. With repeated childbirth, which are characterized by rapidity and suddenness, it is worth waiting only for the regularity of contractions and immediately to assemble.
A fetal bladder can burst suddenly, before the fights. Exhaustion of water with a strong current can frighten a woman, although this process is painless and rarely happens in primiparas. The future mum should remember the time of the outflow of amniotic fluid, the approximate amount and color of the liquid. If the liquid is green, it means that the child lacks oxygen.

It is not necessary to wait, it is necessary to go to the hospital as soon as possible, an increase in the anhydrous period increases the risk of complications and infection. It is recommended to deliver the woman to the hospital within 2 hours. Birth can be compared to a wave. They begin gradually, intensify, reach a peak, weaken and pass. While the fight is approaching, the mother has time to concentrate before she gains strength. It is recommended to remain calm, choose the most comfortable position and follow the recommendations that will be given by a midwife and a doctor.
Proper breathing and controlling breathing is one of the main processes. Deep breathing is necessary during fights. It is not recommended to shout during fights, tk. The mother will not hear the commands of the midwife, which will complicate the process of giving birth.
Before the fights go into attempts, it can take about 12 hours. Full disclosure of the cervix is ​​the most difficult and painful period for most women giving birth, but she must understand that the contractions will soon pass to attempts and the appearance of a baby will not take long. Now you know what fights are, and how to determine them. Joyful and long-awaited delivery to you!