The truth about painless childbirth

How painful is it to have a baby? The pain is divided into ten levels, with mosquito bites being the lightest level, giving birth to a child being the most painful level ten, and some people describe it as painful as breaking 20 ribs. Often listen to some family members to comfort the mother to give birth to a child where there is no pain, and then insist on it, the pain is over this period, they think it is normal. So what exactly is everyone worried about, it is time to lift the veil of painless childbirth. The truth about painless childbirth is now answered by gynecologists.

1. What is the most effective analgesic delivery?

Intraspinal delivery analgesia, low drug concentration, good analgesic effect. Spinal canal delivery analgesia requires an injection in the lower back and an indwelling epidural catheter, through which the drug is applied to reduce the pain. There are many kinds of current methods of labor analgesia, and spinal canal delivery analgesia is the most accurate method of analgesia of all childbirth analgesia methods so far, and it is also a labor analgesia method that needs to be operated by our anesthesiologists mentioned above.

2. Is it really painless to give birth painlessly?

Whether labor analgesia reduces or disappears the pain, or there is a feeling of contractions. As an anesthesiologist it's not impossible to make you completely painless, but having a baby doesn't have to. Generally, the use of lower drug concentrations to reduce pain does not affect the activity of pregnant mothers.

3. Who can choose to give birth painlessly?

People with contraindications to vaginal delivery, intraspinal anesthesia, and anesthetic allergies are not allowed, and almost all women can choose.

4. Can spinal canal delivery analgesia cause postpartum low back pain?

The incidence of postpartum low back pain is about 40%, most of which is caused by its own factors such as pregnancy, childbirth, and improper breastfeeding after childbirth. Spinal canal delivery analgesia is to put a needle in the waist, how long a needle eye can hurt, two to three days, the longer the pain and the more unrelated to this needle.

5. Are there side effects of spinal canal delivery analgesia?

Any medication and procedure has its side effects, and the common risks of spinal anesthesia: hypotension, headache, local anesthetic poisoning, total spinal anesthesia, nausea, vomiting, chills can occur, but the incidence is low.

6. So many childbirth analgesia benefits why are fewer people recognized?

The main reason may be the ignorance and concern of women and families about the analgesia of childbirth, followed by the shortage of anesthesiologists, the pressure to maintain daily surgical anesthesia is very large, and the analgesia of childbirth consumes a lot of energy, and there is no time to take care of publicity and promotion, only when the mother has needs.

7. Will anesthesia for childbirth analgesia affect the child's intelligence?

Rest assured, anesthesia will not affect the child's intelligence, because first of all, the amount of drug used is very small, not even one-fifth of the amount of anesthetic used in caesarean section, and secondly, the drug does not enter the mother's blood, and the blood circulation between the mother and the fetus also passes through the placental barrier, which may be very small to enter the fetus, and then pass through the blood-brain barrier to the fetal brain is even more minimal.

As one of the first batch of national pilot hospitals for childbirth analgesia, a tertiary grade A maternity (reproductive) hospital - our hospital adheres to the concept of "everything for the customer", comprehensively promotes the diagnosis and treatment of painless delivery in normal labor, and enhances the experience of maternal delivery. Obstetrics, anesthesiology, neonatology and delivery room form a multidisciplinary cooperation team to jointly complete the analgesia of childbirth, and escort the health and safety of mothers and babies in all aspects.