There are many ways to give birth. For pregnant mothers, choosing the most suitable delivery method is very important for the health of the baby and their own health. Let’s compare four common shipping methods in detail to see which one is best for you?
Comparison of four delivery methods
1. Natural childbirth
Natural delivery refers to a delivery method in which the fetus is delivered vaginally, usually without manual intervention, under the premise of safety and security. When pregnant women decide to give birth naturally, they must first understand their due date and the entire delivery process.
Suitable for the crowd:
1. Aged between 24-28 years old
2. Proper nutrition and weight control during pregnancy
3. Exercise more
4. Have confidence in natural childbirth
5. Regular prenatal check-ups
Advantage
1. Postpartum recovery is fast. You can get out of bed and walk around on the day of delivery. Generally speaking
You can be discharged from hospital in 3-5 days for less money.
2. You can eat it immediately after delivery, and you can breastfeed.
3. There will only be genital wounds.
4. Few complications.
5. For babies, lung function can be exercised from the birth canal. After the skin nerve endings are stimulated, massage can be performed to better develop the nerve and sensory systems.
6. The abdomen recovers quickly and can quickly return to its original flatness.
shortcoming
1. Prepartum labor pains
2. Emergencies during normal delivery
3. Vaginal relaxation
4. Sequelae of pelvic uterine bladder prolapse
2.Cesarean section
A caesarean section is an incision in the abdominal wall and uterus to remove the fetus. If the case is properly selected and the operation is timely, it can not only save the life of the mother and daughter, but also enable the mother and daughter to maintain normal production performance and the ability to continue to reproduce. Therefore, careful consideration must be given before surgery. Cesarean section is an important surgical delivery method.
Suitable for the crowd
1. The pelvis of pregnant women is obviously narrow or deformed.
2. There are special lesions or deformities in the vagina, soft birth canal, pelvis, and cervix.
3. Abnormal fetal position, such as transverse position, breech position, etc.
4. Prepartum hemorrhage.
5. There are scars in the uterus.
6. Pregnancy complications or serious complications.
7. Premonition of uterine rupture.
8. Had genital repair.
9. Over 35 years oldOn first-time mothers diagnosed with pregnancy complications at the same time.
10. The fetus weighs more than 4 kilograms, or there is intrauterine hypoxia, umbilical cord prolapse, etc.
11. Placenta previa.
Advantage
1. For some reasons, cesarean section can save the lives of mother and baby when vaginal delivery is absolutely impossible. A caesarean section is necessary when vaginal delivery is not possible or when vaginal delivery would be dangerous to the mother or fetus.
2. The indication for caesarean section was clear, and the anesthesia and surgery were generally smooth.
3. Elective caesarean section, performed before contractions begin, can save the mother from labor pains.
4. If there are other diseases in the abdominal cavity, they can also be treated together. For example, ovarian tumors or subserosal uterine fibroids can be removed at the same time.
5. Ligation is also very convenient.
6. If the uterus is not suitable for preservation, such as severe infection, incomplete uterine rupture, multiple uterine fibroids, etc., the uterus can also be removed at the same time.
shortcoming
1. More bleeding
2. More complications
3. Slow recovery after childbirth
4. Long hospital stay
5. Postpartum pregnancy can easily cause uterine rupture
3. Painless delivery
Painless delivery, medically known as labor analgesia, uses various methods to reduce or even eliminate pain during childbirth.
One method is drug-based, that is, using anesthetics or analgesics to achieve analgesic effects. There are many methods of drug delivery analgesia, including systemic medication, local anesthesia and inhalation anesthesia.
Another non-drug method is to relieve labor pain through prenatal training, guided breathing during uterine contractions, etc. Massaging the painful parts during labor or using traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture can also relieve labor pain to varying degrees, and it is also a non-drug method. Labor analgesia.
Suitable for the crowd
Expectant mothers with contraindications to vaginal delivery or anesthesia should not use this method.
This method cannot be used if blood coagulation is abnormal.
Expectant mothers whose pregnancy is complicated by heart disease, drug allergies, and a history of waist trauma should consult a doctor, who will decide whether painless delivery is possible.
Advantage
1. Relieve mothers’ fear of labor pain;
2. Quick onset and reliable effect;
3. Relieve adverse physiological reactions caused by labor pain.
shortcoming
1. High technical content and requires professional anesthesiologists to operate;
2. There are technical risks;
3. Improper selection of drug dosage and concentration will have adverse effects on the delivery process and the mother and baby.
4. Water birth
Water birth, as the name suggests, is giving birth in water. Definition: A newborn baby completely submerged in water. During this procedure, the newborn\’s head must be completely submerged in the water until the body is completely delivered underwater, and then the newborn is immediately lifted out of the water.
Suitable for the crowd
1. The best age for water birth is 20-30 years old. If you are too young, you are not mentally prepared. If you are over 30 years old, you are considered an advanced maternal age. Due to physiological reasons, cesarean section is appropriate.
2. Women with diseases or a history of miscarriage should use safer delivery methods. Because disease often triggers syndromes that cause unnecessary damage.
3. Pregnant women with a fetus that is too large (more than 7 pounds), premature labor, or whose amniotic water has broken for more than 24 hours should not give birth.
Advantage
1. Minimize the pain of childbirth for expectant mothers.
2. Water birth can shorten the birth process.
3
Water birth can lower maternal blood pressure.
4. Water birth makes the mother feel more comfortable.
5. The fluidity of water allows mothers to choose the most comfortable position for delivery.
6. Water birth makes it easier for nervous mothers to relax.
7. Give the mother a positive support and protection space to save her physical strength.
8. It can reduce the use of drugs and other interventional treatments.
9. Water delivery can reduce vulvar trauma and avoid episiotomy.
10. Water birth can reduce the chance of caesarean section.
Disadvantages
1. Easily infected.
2. Expensive.
3. It is difficult to monitor the fetal heartbeat.
How to choose the appropriate delivery method?
It is difficult to choose the mode of delivery. No matter which mode of delivery you choose, you must start from yourself and choose the appropriate mode of delivery. So how to choose the appropriate mode of delivery?
It is difficult to choose the mode of delivery. Mothers who are afraid of pain choose caesarean section. However, the risk of caesarean section is too high and has many adverse effects on your child and body. For the sake of health, I hope to choose natural delivery, but my own Illness will directly put you at risk of difficult childbirth. Therefore, it is better to choose the most humane delivery method than to choose the delivery method that suits you best.
The current international trend in perinatal technology is to return to nature and humane delivery, such as enhancing maternal initiative during delivery and providing family-style services during delivery, making the delivery operation more scientific and the delivery process smoother. , mothers are more relaxed and mothers and babies are healthier.
But everyThe method of delivery has its own taboos. If an ordinary pregnant woman asks for a caesarean section, as a doctor, you must first communicate with the pregnant woman, because caesarean section is an operation after all, which will harm the mother to a certain extent. If there is no indication for a caesarean section, the trauma is not worth it. If the doctor really can\’t dissuade her, she will comply with the pregnant woman\’s request. Because there is an article in the Maternal and Infant Health Care Law that states: Pregnant women have the right to choose the method of delivery.
Before choosing the mode of delivery, the hospital will conduct a detailed physical examination and maternal examination to check whether the fetal position is normal, estimate the size of the fetus during delivery, and measure whether the pelvic size is normal, etc. If everything is normal, a pregnant woman can have a natural birth; if there are problems, a caesarean section will be recommended.
Women who give birth naturally can decide whether to choose painless delivery according to their own needs. As a kind of surgery, caesarean section not only has the risk of surgical complications, but also has a certain impact on the newborn. You should never ask for surgery because of fear of pain or to choose an auspicious day.
The slogan of the Loving Mother Action advocated by the World Health Organization is to reduce intervention and return to nature. It clearly stipulates that except for medical indications, no drug analgesia and surgery will be used on pregnant women, which is the so-called caesarean section and surgical delivery. Painless delivery with drug injection is only an elective and remedial surgery suitable for women with hyperthyroidism, pregnancy-induced hypertension, heart disease, pelvic stenosis, abnormal fetal position and severe labor pain. Now it seems that natural delivery is really a good choice. A very lucky thing.
Pregnant women should fully communicate with their families and doctors before giving birth, follow the doctor\’s advice, and have strong psychological preparation. In order to ensure the health of themselves and their babies, it is wisest to choose the delivery method that suits them. .