Pregnant mothers need to understand the labor process and cooperate with childbirth

Pregnant mothers understand the labor process and cooperate with childbirth

The success of childbirth depends critically on three factors, namely productivity, birth canal and fetus. If all three aspects cooperate with tacit understanding, then safe production and great luck. If there is a problem at one link, it will affect the delivery process to a greater or lesser extent.

Among the three factors that determine whether the delivery is smooth, some cannot be selected, such as fetal factors and birth factors, which are basically fixed at the time of delivery, and external forces are no longer able to do anything; productivity is not, which mainly comes from uterine contractions and contractions of abdominal muscles and pelvic floor muscles. Your pelvic condition is good, the fetal position is normal, the fetus is not too large, as long as you are in different stages of labor, carry out corresponding coordination actions, increase the productivity during childbirth, there is no difficulty in childbirth.

The first stage of labour – cervical dilation

This period of time, from the time the uterus appears regularly contracted, until the cervical opening is fully open (extended to 10 cm wide), is called the first stage of labour.

At the beginning of the first stage of labour, the uterus contracts every ten minutes, and the contraction time is relatively short. When the uterus contracts, you will have a tight, stiff feeling in the uterus, pain in the small belly (i.e., lower abdomen) or lower back, and a feeling of falling. Later, the uterus contracted more and more frequently, and the intervals became shorter and shorter, so that the faster the cervical opening opened, the more uncomfortable the mother became. At this time, you will feel that this is the longest, the most intense, the most psychologically painful stage.

The obstetrician will use finger palpation to see how many centimeters have been opened, and as the pain gradually increases, the labor pain time increases, the interval becomes shorter, and the uterine orifice finally reaches 10 to 12 cm, that is, the so-called uterine orifice is fully open. When the cervical opening is fully open, the fetal membrane in the uterus ruptures, and the amniotic fluid inside also flows out of the vagina, which is called "broken water". Generally, the uterus is fully open and the water is broken at about the same time, so the clinical water break is regarded as the end of the first stage.