Which births are considered severe?
Any birth in which complications arose for the mother or fetus should be considered severe. Although it often seems to women that if the bouts were very painful, they had the most difficult births, but pain during labor is not an indication of their severity and it can be eliminated with medicines. But complications during difficult births can have serious consequences for the child, causing even his disability or death. And for the mother, they can end not only with tears or pain, but also cause death.
Causes of severe childbirth
Possible causes, due to which there may be difficult births, appear even during pregnancy. First of all, these are incorrect presentations of the fetus, placenta previa, late pregnancies of pregnancy (especially preeclampsia and eclampsia), fetal hypoxia, sometimes umbilical cord entanglement, large fetus.
During labor, all anatomical and functional inconsistencies in pelvic and fetal dimensions, premature placental abruption , premature discharge of amniotic fluid, multiple pregnancy, fetal prematureness, anhydrous period of more than 24 hours, the need for obstetrical forceps, manual separation of the ulcer or examination of the cavity lead to complications. the uterus. It is for these reasons that it is worth looking at, assessing how difficult the birth can be for a woman.
Heavy birth and their consequences
From the consequences of severe labor for the mother, cervical ruptures and cervical tears, discoloration of the pubic joint, blood loss during labor, postpartum infections of the uterine cavity should be noted. For the fetus, possible complications are fetal asphyxia, various trauma during labor, infectious complications, fetal death.
Avoid such complications can not only the doctor with the competent management of labor, but the woman herself. After all, many complications arise because of the unpreparedness of the mother for childbirth, both psychological and informational.