The process of childbirth is accompanied by a pronounced pain that some women are able to patiently endure, and some agree to anything, just to not tolerate it. Various methods of anesthetizing labor have been developed and justified. Types of anesthesia during childbirth can be both medicamentous and non-drug.
Anesthesia during labor: a whim or a need?
Each living creature has its own pain threshold, and the lower it is, the worse the pain is tolerated. Pain during labor is due to increased cramping contractions of the uterus, opening of the cervix, passage through the child's birth canal, squeezing and, often, tearing the mother's birth canal. Long and severe pain can lead to increased blood pressure, weakness of labor and fetal distress (acute oxygen deficiency), which is a threat to both the mother and the fetus, and often leads to the need for delivery by cesarean section.
Non-pharmacological methods of analgesia of childbirth
Nature laid that during childbirth in the brain produces a large number of endorphins, which facilitate birth pangs. First of all, the psychological method is applied to natural anesthesia during childbirth. If a woman during pregnancy can positively adjust itself to childbirth, the pain will be less pronounced. A great role is played by the support of family members during pregnancy and childbirth, especially the husband. Changing the position of the body during childbirth, performing exercises that reduce the burden on the spine contribute to reducing pain.
At the current time active management of labor is welcomed, in connection with this the modern delivery rooms are equipped with gymnastic walls and inflatable balls. An important point contributing to the reduction of pain is proper breathing (rapid deep inhalation through the nose and a long exhalation through the mouth), which helps the child receive enough oxygen during the fight. Reducing the pain helps massage, it helps to relieve muscle tension during a fight and relax the spine a little. With partner births, it can be performed by one of the relatives, or maybe the woman herself. Of the techniques of massage is recommended to perform: grinding, kneading, stroking and pressing. The most effective form of massage is massage of the lumbar region and the sacrum area.
Medical anesthesia of childbirth
Intramuscular and intramuscular injection of narcotic and non-narcotic analgesics, as well as regional methods of anesthesia, are referred to drug analgesia of childbirth. These methods are used to anesthetize bouts, and during the tardy period of anesthesia try not to enter, so that a woman can adequately perceive the instructions of the doctor.
Regional methods of anesthesia are modern methods that can effectively reduce pain and are harmless to the fetus, since they do not enter the blood. Epidural anesthesia during labor
Modern medicine has in its arsenal all kinds of methods of anesthesia and if you want to give birth without pain you can choose together with an obstetrician-gynecologist the technique that will be most effective and safe for the mother and the future baby.