Preparation that is easily overlooked
The baby is about to be born. This is an important time not only for pregnant women, but also for soon-to-be dads, grandpas, grandma, grandparents, and grandma. They will make a lot of preparations for the birth of the baby. The better prepared you are, the better your labor and subsequent feeding life will be. Are you ready for the following inconspicuous things?
(1) When should I call the doctor and when should I go to the hospital?
(2) Should I call the doctor first or go to the hospital directly? How to contact them if it is night or holiday?
(3) Is the road from your home to the hospital open 24 hours a day? How long does it take to get from your home to the hospital during peak hours?
(4) Find alternative roads to reach the hospital as quickly as possible when the road is blocked;
(5) What means of transportation do you plan to take to the hospital? Is it a private car, a taxi, a car from your employer, or a friend’s car?
(6) Are hospital supplies ready? Including medical manuals during labor, changing clothes, bath products, ID cards, money, address books, snacks and reading materials (including companions), personal hygiene products, baby products, etc. Whether it is placed in the bag and can be taken away at any time;
(7) Who will be responsible for accompanying the child during delivery, and who can replace him if there are special circumstances;
(8) Have work arrangements been made? Have you told your boss about your due date and vacation plans? If you were the boss yourself, would the company\’s work be well-arranged? who will manage the company;
(9) Who will help take care of the baby after birth, and how to contact hospitals and doctors in special circumstances.
Prenatal symptoms that are easy to ignore
You already know when your due date is, but no one knows when your baby will be born. Redness and abdominal pain are the most common prenatal signs. Also, what other signs of labor do you know? Have you heard of the following?
(1) It feels like the baby is going to fall out of your lower body because the baby\’s head has fallen to the pelvis. This situation usually occurs 1 week or a few hours before delivery.
(2) Increased leucorrhea, which is the thick secretion accumulated in the cervix during pregnancy. When the cervix swells during childbirth, a sticky substance like a plug can enter the vagina, causing increased vaginal discharge. This phenomenon often occurs a few days before or just before delivery.
(3) Light yellow watery liquid flows out of the vagina in the form of a spray, soaking underwear and even outer pants. This is a rupture of the amniotic membranes, called water rupture. This phenomenon often occurs a few hours before or close to delivery.
(4) The baby\’s water will break before birth, but some water ruptures are not real, but the anterior membrane sac has ruptured, and the fetal membranes surrounding the fetus have not ruptured., so after the amniotic fluid comes out, it disappears.
(5) Frequent abdominal muscle spasms, pain or soreness in the back, waist, stomach, sacrum (tailbone) or pubic bone (bones below the abdomen). This is caused by the alternating contractions and relaxations of the uterus, which intensifies as labor approaches.
(6) Before the fetus comes out, open the cervix, expand the vagina, and expand the pelvic entrance and exit enough to allow the fetal head to come out. Pain is inevitable. If this is your first time, don’t worry, the real labor pains won’t start until the baby is about to come out, which is called a chattel birth. Your colic just happened, it\’s just a sign that it\’s not long before delivery, and you won\’t be giving birth at home or on the road.