Thursday, April 8, 2010

Child birth!

It sounds scary and all so complex for most women. But whether it is or not, the end result is something that’s worth everything. It is of course painful and involves a lot of hard work by the mother and thud the name “labour”. There are three stages in child birth.
Stage1: This is the first sign of labour, the occurrence of regular contractions and then the plug of mucus coming off. In time the contractions become more frequent as the muscles of the womb start pushing the baby’s head towards the cervix. Eventually the mouth of the cervix will fully be dilated. The first stage lasts quite long enough to take the woman to a hospital.
Stage2: Now the cervix is fully dilated and the bag of water surrounding the baby splits causing the leakage of fluid. Now the labour pains become very strong. The mother will now have to push the baby out by tightening the abdominal muscles and relaxing in between every pain. The baby’s head will eventually reach the vulva and for the last push the limbs and the trunk will also come out.
Stage3: Finally it’s the part of separation of the baby and the mother by clamping the cord (placenta) and cutting the same. This will usually take 10 minutes and then the mother will have to push out the remaining placenta after the womb becomes lose and mobile.

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