Summary of content: The Lunar New Year will be ushered in in a few days, and everyone is preparing for the New Year. There are also some pregnant mothers who look forward to the arrival of their babies with excitement. If you are born during a festive period, you will have a more festive atmosphere and your birthday will be easier to remember. When birthdays are celebrated in the future, many relatives will celebrate them together! However, the editor remembered that a friend said before: It’s really lonely to have a baby during the New Year! The Lunar New Year will be ushered in in a few days, and everyone is preparing for the New Year. There are also some pregnant mothers who look forward to the arrival of their babies with excitement. If you are born during a festive period, you will have a more festive atmosphere and your birthday will be easier to remember. When birthdays are celebrated in the future, many relatives will celebrate them together! However, the editor remembered that a friend said before: It’s really lonely to have a baby during the New Year!
How is this going?
My friend\’s son is about to celebrate his second birthday. Yes, he was born on the first night of the Lunar New Year. At that time, she also expected that the child would be born during the Chinese New Year. Thinking that everyone was celebrating the New Year happily and watching (complaining) the Spring Festival Gala with great interest, she endured the contractions and said the truth: I guessed it right! She was so popular at the time that her family rushed her to the hospital, where she gave birth to the baby in pain day and night. Before, she had been worried that the hospital was deserted. Would she not be able to find a doctor when she went to the hospital? Would there be fewer nurses than before? What if no one cares?
The truth is: there’s too much to worry about!
What is the obstetrics department? This door is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. When needed, you can go to the hospital immediately without having to worry about finding a doctor. However, there may be fewer doctors than usual, but don’t worry if they will all be interns. An experienced doctor must be on duty. When it comes to giving birth during the Chinese New Year, many mothers will inevitably feel nervous. For this reason, today we specially come to talk to mothers about the topic of “giving birth to a baby during the New Year”.
1 for mom
If you want to ask: What is the difference between having a baby during the Chinese New Year? The answer is: same! Therefore, before an expectant mother gives birth, she should go to the hospital when she should eat, sleep, and go to the hospital. For example, 10 o\’clock in the evening is the time for pregnant mothers to go to bed. However, on New Year\’s Eve, everyone is watching the New Year\’s Eve and chatting on the phone. Can a pregnant mother who is about to give birth also come to watch the New Year\’s Eve?
Suggestion: It is important to conserve your physical strength. Giving birth is physical work! What mothers need to do is: always pay attention to themselves (themselves and the baby in their belly). Once labor symptoms appear, mothers should go to the hospital to wait for delivery.
Signs of labor 1: contractions
Contractions are labor pains.
If your belly is hard and tight and the pain is irregular, it\’s because the baby is sinking toward the pelvis. It is an early contraction and may hurt once an hour and last for a few seconds.
When uterine contractions begin to be regular, primiparous women generally have uterine contractions every 10-15 minutes, and multiparous women have uterine contractions every 15-20 minutes.The degree of contraction is getting stronger and stronger, and the time is getting longer and longer. About to give birth.
At what point do I need to go to the hospital for contractions?
If the contractions are irregular, more than three times in an hour, the pregnant mother can still move freely. At this time, it is usually a long time before delivery, so there is no need to rush to the hospital.
If your uterine contractions become stronger and stronger as the due date approaches, or the interval gradually shortens, you should go to the hospital for examination in time.
The second sign of labor: seeing red
Seeing red is a big sign of labor, because when the baby is about to leave the mother\’s body, the capsule and uterus surrounding the baby begin to peel off, and then begin to bleed, often manifesting as bloody leucorrhea. It doesn’t mean that you should produce immediately when you see something popular. Generally, there will be regular uterine contractions soon after seeing redness, and then the labor process will begin. Therefore, if a pregnant mother has an epidemic, she should be prepared to be hospitalized at any time.
How to deal with red eyes
If there is just a hint of bloodshot eyes, there is no need to rush to the hospital. Pregnant mothers can stay at home and continue to observe, and do not do strenuous exercise. If the amount of bleeding reaches or even exceeds menstrual flow, is darker in color, and is accompanied by abdominal pain, you should go to the hospital immediately.
The third sign of labor: Water breaks
Aqueous rupture means that the membranes surrounding the fetus break and amniotic fluid flows out. When the water breaks, the pregnant mother will feel a hot stream flowing out of the vagina, which she cannot control, similar to the feeling of urinary incontinence.
What to do when your water breaks
1. After the water breaks, no matter when and where you are, you should immediately lie down and raise your buttocks. You should not do any more activities to prevent umbilical cord prolapse and excessive amniotic fluid flow;
2. Go to the hospital immediately to prepare for delivery and stay flat on the way to the hospital;
3. If brown or green tar-like substance is discharged from the vagina, it means that the fetus is in danger and immediate delivery is required;
4. Delivery can usually occur 6 to 12 hours after the water breaks. If there are no signs of labor, oxytocin will be used to induce labor to prevent bacterial infection.
Every mother’s situation is different, and these three labor signs may not appear at the same time, so mothers must learn to distinguish them to avoid a wasted trip. But if you’re not sure, it’s not a bad idea to go to the hospital for peace of mind. Since it is during the Chinese New Year, taxi/ride-hailing services may be different from usual times. How to get to a large hospital quickly requires homework in advance. After arriving at the hospital, follow the doctor/nurse\’s arrangements and wait for the delivery/baby with peace of mind.
2FOR Mother/Newborn
The best care for a newborn is: keep quiet. This is completely different from the hustle and bustle of the New Year. The most frightening thing is that the mother has just given birth and is still in pain and unable to walk on the ground. A group of relatives came here to visit.
The following tips canCan be useful for:
Don’t let your loved ones hug and kiss their children, even if you offend them
The baby is just born and has weak resistance. Bacteria carried by adults may be harmless to adults but dangerous to newborns. Therefore, try not to let other people hold and kiss your child. If someone does this, even if it offends others, the family must protect the health and safety of the child. At this time, the mother\’s resistance is relatively weak. Mom and family members can politely refuse relatives who come to visit. It is best to wait until the confinement period is over before visiting.
Set off firecrackers to scare the baby
Fireworks are now banned in most urban centers, but in suburban and rural areas the sound of firecrackers is inevitable and often heard, especially on New Year\’s Eve and the following days. At this time, the baby\’s auditory nerve is not yet perfect, and sudden loud noises can easily scare the baby. And if the sound is too loud, it may cause irreparable consequences. so
Family members should close the doors and windows. If the neighbor\’s house is very close, they can appropriately remind the neighbor to set off firecrackers farther away from the mother\’s bedroom. The baby can be wrapped in swaddling clothes to increase the sense of security.
Ensure that mothers and babies get adequate sleep
Newborns need 18 to 20 hours of quiet, deep sleep every day to ensure good growth and development. A mother who has just given birth is extremely weak and has low resistance. If she does not rest well, it will be difficult to recover after delivery, which will affect her and her baby\’s health. Therefore, maternal family members should provide a quiet resting environment.
Resolutely abandon some old customs that are harmful to children
During the Chinese New Year, there may be many people at home, and you can talk to me, especially on how to take care of newborns. There are many experiences from the older generation, but they are old concepts that should be abandoned, such as covering the baby more when it is cold in winter and giving sugar water to newborns, etc. Because neither the mother nor the child should be covered, the room temperature can be adjusted to a comfortable level, and the thickness of the quilt should be comfortable and warm; and a newborn child does not need to add other liquids except breast milk. . In short, when giving birth during the Chinese New Year, the most important thing for both mother and baby is to get a good rest!
Article source: Perfect Pregnant Woman