Childbirth is a painful and difficult process. In order for them to be as successful as possible, you need to be able to listen to your obstetrician and breathe correctly. The fact is that breathing by a certain technique will help reduce the level of pain during childbirth. Also, the health of the baby, who experiences an acute lack of oxygen, will depend on the breathing technique. This article will tell you how to breathe properly during contractions and childbirth.
Complex breathing exercises
Learning to breathe correctly. These exercises need to be brought to automatism. Repeat them for 10-15 minutes every day from the very first weeks of pregnancy. Then the body will "remember" about how to breathe properly during labor and delivery. Also, the obstetrician will remind you of the need for a certain type of breathing at each subsequent stage of childbirth. Therefore, you need to master the exercises in advance. Immediately after the opening of the uterus, 5 or more centimeters, the contractions become more intense. The amniotic fluid either bursts itself or is pierced by a doctor. Nothing prevents the uterus from pushing the baby out. It was at this time that the pain was the strongest. You can survive less pain with these breathing techniques:
- "Candle". Take a regular breath and a gentle exhale that simulates the blowing out of a candle. At home, light a candle and blow it on a technique. The light should bend, but not go out. So you understand that you are doing everything right. Such breathing should be used when the onset of painful contractions occurs.
- "The big candle." Take a deep breath and exhale through slightly closed lips. The air should come out with noise. And now our training candle should be extinguished by a stream of air. So you need to breathe during peak contractions and pain. This breathing will cause the release of endorphins, which dull the pain.
- "The engine." At the beginning of the fight, breathe a “candle”, at the peak go to the “big candle” and end with a deep breath and a calm full exhalation. You will now have a few seconds of respite.
Breathing while trying
With the onset of labor itself, breathing will be slightly different. How to breathe during labor and delivery to saturate your body and baby with oxygen? After all, a lack of oxygen for a long time is very dangerous for the brain of a newborn. During the start of the attempt, you will need to breathe in the fight until the cervix is fully opened, but it will be too early to push. To help the baby move along the birth canal and avoid tears, breathe superficially, "like a dog." On the maternity chair, while the contractions, childbirth, go, we breathe at the command of the obstetrician. When the doctor gives the command to push, you need to take one deep breath, as if you were going to dive.
Behind
so we focus on the lower abdomen and push the baby with abdominal muscles. After the fight you need to calmly breathe out and relax. For one fight, you need to be able to push three times.
It is very important to know how to breathe properly during contractions and childbirth, because the health of your baby will depend on this. Help him and yourself, and let everything go perfectly. Easy childbirth.