According to legend, supine delivery originated during the reign of Louis XIV in France. One day, he suddenly wanted to see how his mistress gave birth. In order for the king to see clearly, the mother was placed on the bed. Maybe the king was happy. He ordered: From now on, all women must lie down while giving birth. So horizontal delivery is \”in\”. It now appears that this passive delivery position only benefits bystanders and lazy doctors, because it makes it easier for doctors to use forceps to pull the baby out of the mother\’s body.
In fact, vertical delivery is a traditional manual delivery posture with a long history. In the palace of the Egyptian Pharaoh, there is a relief specifically depicting Cleopatra, the last Egyptian queen, kneeling on the ground, surrounded by five women, one of whom was delivering a baby. This is human beings\’ totem worship of their own reproductive behavior. Among the ancient relics of Babylon, there is a chair specially used for childbirth, which has been confirmed by archaeologists to be more than 2,000 years old.
In ancient Chinese historical records, there is no fixed position for women giving birth. Maternity adopts quick, simple and comfortable positions, such as standing, squatting, sitting, kneeling, crawling (hands and knees on the ground), lying on the side, prone, semi-lying, lying down, etc., but the standing position is mostly used. Posture, that is, standing, kneeling, squatting, and sitting.
Benefits of standing up for delivery: Women who stand upright can secrete more natural endorphins. Because it has analgesic and anti-shock effects similar to morphine, it can make labor more comfortable. Labor is faster, labor pain time is shortened by half, uterine contractions and labor force are enhanced, and it can also have the same effect as oxytocin, shortening the usual 6-10 hours of labor to 3-4 hours, and the mother breastfeeds after delivery Feed your baby without taking any lactation medications.
Benefit 2 of standing delivery: Since the mother adopts an upright delivery position, the head of the fetus is facing down in the mother\’s body. The attraction of the earth\’s gravity can reduce the mother\’s labor pain, reduce the chance of cesarean section and use forceps accordingly. It effectively forces the mother to have difficulty breathing, causing the mother to seek positions such as sitting, squatting or kneeling that can reduce pain, which is conducive to the delivery of the fetus and reduces dystocia. At the same time, because the baby experiences less \”ordeal\” in the birth canal, it is less sensitive to the outside world. have stronger adaptability.
A third benefit of standing delivery: Babies delivered vertically are less likely to develop bacterial infections and acute respiratory infections than babies delivered on their backs.