The first stage of labor (612 hours) – time of replenishing gas, resting, and eating: The first stage of labor starts from the regular contraction of the uterus to the complete expansion of the cervix. If you are pregnant for the first time (primigravida), your first period will take about 12 hours; if you have given birth before (multiparous), it will take about 6 hours. Performance: When contractions begin to become regular, contractions will begin approximately every six or seven minutes and last for half a minute each time. As labor progresses, the intervals between uterine contractions gradually shorten, the duration and intensity of each contraction gradually increase, and the cervix opens slowly.
How you feel: When the cervix dilates to about 5 centimeters, uterine contractions become stronger. You who were calm just now may become nervous and fearful. This is probably when you feel the most severe pain. You may be worried that the baby will not be born, you may think that you can no longer hold on, and you will strongly ask the doctor to perform a caesarean section for you. If you stick to it, your eyes will light up, and people around you will also tell you: If you stick to it, your baby will be born soon. This sentence is easy to say, but it takes a lot of effort to put it into practice, so what should we do?
Ways to get through the first stage of labor smoothly (1) Rest, sleep, eat, chat or listen to music between contractions. During this period, uterine contractions are intermittent, with long non-contraction time and short uterine contraction time, so you can have most of the time to rest. Although it is often interrupted by sudden pain, try to relax yourself and seize the time to rest or eat, or If you can\’t sleep, listen to music and talk to someone.
(2) When contractions come, breathe abdominally and adopt a casual and favorite position. When contractions come, relax your abdomen through abdominal breathing. Adopt the posture you like. Do not deliberately follow the postures in books or doctors. That posture may not be suitable for you. But generally speaking, it is better to lie on your side.
4 conditions that need to be reported to the doctor immediately (1) The interval between uterine contractions is 2 to 3 minutes;
(2) Water breaks;
(3) Uncontrollable feeling of straining during defecation;
(4) Increased vaginal bleeding.
The second stage of labor (12 hours) – rapid sprint, combined force, visible fetal head, water breaking, exertion, breathing time: The second stage of labor is from the opening of the cervix to the delivery of the fetus. It takes about 2 hours for first-time mothers and about 1 hour for multiparous women.
Performance: The interval between contractions is shortened to 12 minutes, each lasting 50 seconds. For you, there may be no rest, it seems like you have constant contractions, and the pain in your stomach is constant. At this time, the fetus\’s head gradually protrudes from the pelvis, and while rotating, moves toward the exit of the birth canal as the uterus contracts. As a mother, you can only work hard, work hard, work hard.
Most water rupture occurs during this period (water breaks in time), the midwife can already see the fetal hair, the vaginal opening is expanded to the maximum, and you will feel a big thing holding it (crown), this is what the fetus is about to signal. From the moment you put the crown on, your midwife will ask you to stop pushing and let you gasp for air while your abdominal wall begins to relax. Soon, the baby\’s head and shoulders came out, and then the entire fetus was delivered naturally.
\”Wow -\” The clear and loud baby\’s first cry reached my ears, and all the difficulties and obstacles were over. My heart was filled with happiness and joy, and I truly felt maternal love. happiest moments. This is also the reason why mothers who have experienced labor pains will still choose to give birth naturally when they become pregnant again.
Methods to successfully get through the second stage of labor (1) Use forceful uterine contractions and do not relax the uterine contractions. Use force according to the rhythm of contractions, force when contractions occur, and be sure to relax after contractions stop. If you keep exerting yourself, you will feel unusually tired. If contractions come, you cannot use the correct force and cannot cooperate well with the contractions and the fetus to complete the delivery process.
(2) The correct way to exert force is: when contractions begin and labor pains come, take a deep breath, then close your lips tightly, hold your breath, and start exerting force. Note that you must exert force below, as if you were passing dry, hard stool.
(3) Stop when it’s time to stop. If the midwife tells you to stop pushing and you gasp for breath, be sure to stop pushing, otherwise it may cause perineal laceration. Some mothers do not use their breath on their buttocks, but on their face and chest; some mothers cannot close their lips tightly and cannot hold their breath well; they cannot cooperate well with uterine contractions and the fetus, which also consumes a lot of energy; some mothers exert force The time is too short, the respiratory rate is very fast, and it cannot coordinate well with uterine contraction and fetal delivery.
When the midwife asks you to take a deep breath and then hold your breath to exert force, you must try to extend it as long as possible; silence is more powerful than speaking, so it is best not to make a sound, let alone shout. When the midwife does not ask you to exert force, you should cooperate, breathe shallowly and quickly, make a \”ha, ha\” sound, and relax all the muscles of the abdominal wall and body at the same time.
The third stage of labor (330 minutes) – the placenta is delivered, which is relatively easy. The third period is the period from the birth of the fetus to the delivery of the placenta. This period is relatively easy to pass. The mother no longer had labor pains and heard her newborn\’s first cry. The mother finally saw the long-awaited baby, and the joy disappeared from the pain.
Regarding the three stages of delivery, the entire delivery process generally takes no more than 24 hours for first-time mothers and 18 hours for multiparous women. It takes at least 4 hours or more. If the entire labor process is shorter than 4 hours, it is called acute labor; if the entire labor process exceeds 24 hours, it is called delayed labor. In fact, the boundaries between the three stages of labor are difficult to draw accurately, especially from the first to the second stage of labor. In addition, every woman feels differently and the length of hospital stay is also different. Obstetricians and midwives cannot tell exactly when the first stage of labor begins. Some women have poor pain tolerance. In the early stages of labor, before actual delivery, theyIt\’s already painful. This will bring difficulties to the judgment of obstetricians and midwives, and will also make the husband and accompanying family members nervous, thinking that the mother-to-be must be having a difficult delivery because the pain has been felt for several days and the baby has not been born yet. In fact, the mother had no real chattels at all.
Believe that you can beat natural childbirth. When your labor process is relatively long, don’t be anxious or irritable. You should be confident. During the interval between contractions, try to take time to rest, eat and drink as much as you can. At this moment, the person who can help you the most is yourself. As long as you have confidence and bravely face the pain caused by contractions, the delivery process will go smoothly.
The more trouble you create, the more energy you expend, and the less chance you have of a successful birth. The more I don\’t eat or drink, the more tired I feel.
The less I have the strength to deal with the pain caused by contractions. The more you are afraid of the onset of labor pains and cannot take the time to rest between contractions, the less able you are to endure the incoming labor pains. Think of it this way, childbirth won\’t kill you, and you won\’t die of pain. Grit your teeth and believe that you can get through this.