Make childbirth no longer "painful"

Make childbirth no longer "painful"

What is painless delivery?

　As early as the 18th century, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom successfully applied laughter to painless delivery. Painless childbirth in western countries has become quite popular, with 85% of American women choosing painless delivery, and 90% in the United Kingdom. And in China, less than 1% of painless births! Childbirth is accompanied by severe pain, and the degree of pain is often more than expected. What exactly is painless delivery? Does the injection of anesthetic during painless delivery affect the fetus? Today, our health channel "Doctor of Medicine" invited Dr. Haipeng Di from the Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Aviation General Hospital to help you clear the fog about painless childbirth.

　Painless childbirth is medically referred to as childbirth analgesia. Childbirth analgesia uses various methods to reduce or alleviate pain during childbirth, relieves pain during labor, and allows the woman to have the longest first delivery Relieve all kinds of pain, can accumulate strength, the moment when the last part of the mouth is full, can accumulate strength for better production, so that the process of giving birth to a child goes smoothly.

What are the advantages of painless delivery?

　First of all, the so-called painless delivery is to make the maternal painless or relieve the pain, and the patient feels more happy during the birth of the child. Second, because painless delivery is performed by spinal canal anesthesia, the concentration of anesthetic drugs in the spinal canal is very low, which will not affect the patient's motor function, so that the patient's three anxieties can be resolved by himself and he can go to the toilet himself. Third, because of the severe pain during normal maternal delivery, it is easy for the mother to feel hypoxia. After painless delivery, it can reduce the hypoxia of the mother and fetus and reduce the risk of intrauterine distress.

Painless labor pain varies from person to person

  Painless childbirth, why it is said that it varies from person to person. The mother should truly believe in the hospital obstetrician and anesthesiologist. First of all, she must understand psychologically and believe in painless labor. Second, each person's pain point is also different, because when the patient's cervix is ​​opened with two fingers, we give the spinal canal anesthesia. The patient can basically feel different in ten minutes, and it really takes effect in about 15 minutes.In this way, about 90% of patients can feel pain relief after anesthesia, and many people fall asleep slowly without discomfort.

Not all mothers are suitable for painless delivery

 Negligible effects on fetus with painless delivery.Painless delivery is basically an anesthesia method of spinal anesthesia on the back, giving a very low concentration of anesthetic drug,the concentration is very low, and even the patient's motor function is not affected.In this case, the anesthetic only acts on the spinal canal.Near the inner nerve, the fetus through the placenta of the mother's body is very small, almost negligible, so it is very safe.

Not all mothers are suitable for painless delivery

 First of all, we cannot say that any mother is suitable, because in the case of a maternal decision to perform painless delivery, you must first go through the prenatal evaluation and anesthesia evaluation of the obstetrician and anesthesiologist to see if this patient is suitable for painless delivery. Suitable for painless delivery, and then prepare her for anesthesia. There are several types of patients, such as patients with hypersensitivity to allergies to narcotics, patients with abnormal blood coagulation function, or patients with vaginal delivery difficulties and contraindications. This is not suitable for painless delivery.

Painless delivery does not lengthen the labor process

　This is not because the concentration of anesthetic is low. In this case, it does not affect motor function and does not affect contractions. In this case, it is only a process of mild pain relief. No impact, these fears are unnecessary.

What should expectant mothers do before painless delivery?

 Just prepare yourself mentally, and trust the doctor.The pregnant mother should keep a positive attitude before giving birth, don't be too nervous, don't care too much about whether the newborn is a boy or a woman, and don't be too nervous. Keep the calm attitude to accept, you can accept calmly after delivery, without being too excited and affecting the body.Excessive prenatal stress also affects the delivery process.