Contents:
- Medical Video: Vaginal Childbirth (Birth)
- Why do women prefer the normal natural delivery process?
- 1. Safer for babies
- 2. Reducing the risk of caesarean section
- 3. The natural urge for normal childbirth
- 4. Can not accept certain drugs
- 5. Previous labor history
Medical Video: Vaginal Childbirth (Birth)
Along with technological developments in the medical world, women can take advantage of several options to reduce pain during normal childbirth. One of them is epidural injection which serves to suppress pain as little as possible during labor. However, most other women actually want to have a normal natural delivery without an epidural. Why is that? Check out the full review below.
Why do women prefer the normal natural delivery process?
Normal natural childbirth is clearly more painful than normal childbirth with the help of epidural injections. However, this remains the choice of each pregnant woman regarding the process of childbirth as she desires.
The following are the main causes of women wanting to give birth normally naturally without epidural help.
1. Safer for babies
All drugs used before and during labor can reach the fetus in the womb, including the epidural. Reporting from Verywell, several types of epidurals can increase the risk of health problems in the fetus.
Epidurals can cause maternal blood pressure to drop suddenly. As a result, blood flow to the fetus also decreases and can cause a decrease in the baby's heart rate. That is why most pregnant women prefer to naturally give birth naturally which is safer for their babies.
2. Reducing the risk of caesarean section
According to experts, giving certain drugs during childbirth can increase the risk of caesarean delivery. In fact, studies show that this incident has continued to increase to reach 50 percent in the last 20 years.
When pregnant women are given epidural anesthesia or certain drugs during childbirth, there are a number of additional actions that may be taken by the medical team, including internal and external fetal monitoring, infusion monitoring, amniotomy (amniotic sac breakdown), induction, and so on.
Therefore, it does not rule out the possibility that this natural labor process will turn into a caesarean delivery after receiving certain medicines during childbirth.
3. The natural urge for normal childbirth
Basically, a woman's body is designed to be able to give birth naturally. Therefore, you may feel an instinctive urge to give birth in a manner that is as natural as possible.
Many midwives and doulas have provided information about the benefits of natural normal delivery. As a result, more and more pregnant women are convinced of normal and natural labor.
4. Can not accept certain drugs
Some women also choose to give birth normally and naturally for several medical reasons. For example, pregnant women experience a spinal cord injury so that it is not possible to receive epidural injections or other drugs during childbirth.
Whatever method of labor you choose, always consult your doctor and midwife to get the right advice. Ask your husband and family for support so that you will be stronger in facing the labor process.
5. Previous labor history
Sometimes, some pregnant women choose to have a normal natural delivery after mirroring the previous labor. For example you have a bad experience when induced or want to repeat the pleasure of natural childbirth as before.
In addition, you might want to try a new experience with normal delivery after caesarean section - akavaginal birth after caesarian(VBAC). This means that the previous experience of labor has a major role in determining the next method of labor.
Remember, always consult your obstetrician or midwife first before deciding which method of labor you want. Sometimes, you may have planned to have a normal natural delivery, but there is something that makes you have to receive epidural injections, induction drugs, or other drugs for the safety of mother and baby.
