It has been four days since the due date. Generally speaking, these past few days have been relatively peaceful. Now Arnold has grown into a big man, and his weight has increased by leaps and bounds in the past few days, making his mother\’s \”water world\” seem to be getting smaller and smaller. He could no longer flex his fist and seemed to have no choice but to eat his thumb.
Sometimes some terrible events would happen: the mother\’s uterus would suddenly move, the \”walls\” would crowd in on him from all directions, the cave would get smaller and smaller, oppressing him, and Arnold was frightened. At this time, my mother would stop and take a deep breath. Her heartbeat was beating faster and faster. Arnold could feel it clearly, because his mother\’s heartbeat was the warmest beating sound in his world. His mother gently stroked his belly and said comforting words to him. By this time, Arnold was already very familiar with his mother\’s voice. After the disturbing \”earthquake,\” Arnold especially enjoyed his mother\’s touch and voice.
medical explanation
During the last few days of pregnancy, your body goes through some painful exercises to prepare for labor. By this time, the baby has been mostly upside down in the womb — heading in the right direction toward the world. Starting around week 36, the fetus will begin to complete this correct turn and inversion. When prenatal pain occurs, pregnant women will feel very uncomfortable in their abdomen. When prenatal pain comes, the stomach will harden and the uterus will curl up into a hard ball. Babies can really feel pain, and it\’s a warm-up for labor. At this time, the fetus will drink a large amount of amniotic fluid, which can reach almost 3 liters per day (hence the burping). This volume allows your baby\’s stomach, bladder and kidneys to be trained and prepared for independent life outside.
The labor pains begin: Over the past few hours, the \”earthquake\” has intensified. The originally quiet cave caused a commotion every few minutes, and forces from all directions surged towards Arnold. He felt squeezed, squeezed, pulled, rubbed, but Arno could do nothing but move with the help of this indescribable magic. His head was pulled far away, all the way to the edge of the cave. The road became narrower and narrower. Is this the correct way to break through?
Arnold could also feel other changes: Although his head was soft, it responded firmly to the power in his mother\’s body. He had a premonition that he was cornered and had to break out, but an obstacle as hard as bone blocked his way. What should Arnold do to overcome this obstacle? It was impossible to take a detour, he had to move forward bit by bit! Millimeter by millimeter: Arnold uses his little head as a drill to try and break through the resistance. But Fury cannot break through directly, he must adapt and learn to surrender. Arno lowered his head to his chest, trying to shrink himself. A sharp pain pushed Arnold\’s little head up again. He passed the narrowest bottleneck and escaped the control of the \”small bone gatekeeper\”. But where does this road lead?
Medical explanation: When labor pains start regularly, its power will slowly open the cervix by about 10 centimeters, allowing the baby to have a wonderfulfuture. To achieve this distance, the muscle tissue of the uterus pulls the cervix upward. This creates a thick layer of muscle in the upper part of the uterus, helping the mother push the baby deeper. And the muscles in the lower half of the uterus become thinner, creating less resistance. It can be seen from the B-ultrasound during delivery that once labor pains begin, the fetus will immediately become excited. He tried to stretch his arms and legs very high, tried to dance in a narrow space, and then they not only had to endure huge pressure, but also gave up a lot of oxygen, because poor blood delivery to the placenta occurs during labor pains, by checking the heart rhythm , the midwife can clearly understand the condition of the fetus.
Late labor pains: thrilling and intense, calm and comfortable. The earthquakes in the cave no longer frightened Arno so much, certainly because of the occasional restorative breaks. Mom\’s breathing was even and calm now. She rocked Arnold back and forth, almost returning to the previous time, but Arnold had a feeling that things would not end like this. The pause was shorter this time than the last, and everything that followed was more intense. Earthquake, pause, earthquake, small pause, violent earthquake, long pause.
medical explanation
The last few centimeters, even a few millimeters, require the mother and fetus to exert all their strength. During the transition to late labor pain, the pain becomes irregular and varies in intensity and length.
Feeling the Light: The Final Bottleneck It\’s a miracle: everything that happened was Arnold\’s first experience, and even then, Arnold knew exactly what he was going to do. The baby was like a magician escaping from the cage, squeezing out of the pelvis like a drill and heading towards the light. The mother pressed the baby down with all her strength. Arno felt the cave door being opened, and a heavy but reliable force kept pushing him forward. But the narrow gate to the world is too small for him,
He kept sliding back to his familiar nest, but the resistance became less and less, and Arnold finally poked his head out. However, the efforts are not over yet, and there are still bottlenecks ahead. Arno expertly turned his body, first one shoulder, then the other. Arnold finally slipped out of the dark, warm, small and familiar world, and now there is light and coolness.
medical explanation
When the uterine opening is fully opened, the pregnant woman can continue her efforts. Many pregnant women will feel relaxed at this time because they can be more active in helping their child and working with him.
The final delivery pushes the baby up to the vaginal opening, and from the prolonged pressure, the opening has turned into a turtleneck, allowing the baby\’s tiny head to pass through. The child will become active again at this time. He will turn his body from side to side to squeeze out the shoulder, and the rest will be easy to pull out.
Work together to complete the mission
During delivery, the baby makes most of the right movements: He turns his head, bends his body, and turns his pelvis like a screw. Is it all instinct? Many experts do notThink so. The baby has to cooperate, and if he doesn\’t, labor will take longer and be too strenuous for both mother and baby. Sometimes the baby won\’t move forward despite the pain and heartbeat; other babies kick themselves so they can make better use of the pain of labor. A child who is unresponsive during delivery is often more withdrawn or even absent-minded after birth, as if he is not ready to embrace a new world. Such newborns usually need more quiet, care and love. The most important thing is that mother and baby can work together during and after labor. If a pregnant woman is able to give birth
If you feel this way before and during delivery, your emotions will also be conveyed to your baby. This is very important for your baby\’s first life experience.