Contents:
- Medical Video: Labor and Delivery | Childbirth | Nucleus Health
- Things that can trigger childbirth
- 1. Walk
- 2. Having sex
- 3. Stimulate nipples
- 4. Massage Acupressure
- 5. Acupuncture
- 6. Spicy food
- 7. Eat pineapple
- 8. Castor oil
Medical Video: Labor and Delivery | Childbirth | Nucleus Health
Waiting for the baby to be born makes the mother and the people around her nervous. This is the time everyone has been waiting for. All preparations have been made to await the arrival of the baby to the world. But, what if the baby doesn't come when it's time? There are several ways you can do to trigger childbirth.
Things that can trigger childbirth
You can try the methods below to trigger childbirth.
1. Walk
The first easy way for you to trigger childbirth is to walk. Walking can help the baby move down to your pelvis. The pressure from the baby on your pelvis will open the cervix as a birth canal, then it will trigger the body to release the hormone oxytocin which can cause contractions. However, do not walk too long to make you tired because you will need a lot of energy during childbirth. If this method does not help you trigger birth, at least by walking you can push the baby to a better position, reduce your stress, and also be able to maintain physical fitness in preparation for childbirth.
2. Having sex
Although it is difficult to have sex when your stomach is very large, this may trigger you to give birth quickly. Sperm contains the hormone prostaglandin which can help the process of widening the cervix towards birth. Having sex can also trigger the body to release oxytocin, so you will feel contractions. However, some studies say the opposite, women who have sex close to the time of giving birth will actually make their birth longer than women who avoid sexual intercourse.
3. Stimulate nipples
Stimulation of your nipples, by gently massaging them, can cause your uterus to contract and allow birth. In fact, if you immediately breastfeed your baby after birth, the same stimulation will occur which causes you to still experience contractions and help the uterus to return to its original size. Stimulating nipples can also help the body release the hormone oxytocin which causes contractions to begin.
Triggering your baby in this way may take a long time, you can do it for one hour for your two breasts with a frequency of three times a day. If you want to try it, gently massage the area of the areola (the black area around the nipple), move your palm in a circular motion. Stimulation of the nipple will only work if your body is ready to give birth. However, if you have complications during pregnancy, you should not try this.
4. Massage Acupressure
Research shows that massage can increase levels of the hormone oxytocin in the body, this hormone can trigger contractions. Not only massage, meditation and just hugging your partner can also relax you so your body may release the hormone oxytocin. So, it's a good idea to avoid stress when it comes to the time of your baby's birth. You can also do various activities that can relieve your stress.
5. Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a therapy for inserting a thin needle into certain points on the body that aims to stimulate energy in the body to act on certain system functions or organs. Acupuncture can stimulate uterine activity and trigger the baby to move. Many experts believe that acupuncture can be a natural way to trigger childbirth. However, you may have to pay more for this.
6. Spicy food
Some pregnant women may have been helped by eating spicy food as a way to trigger childbirth. Spicy food can cause the body to release the hormone prostaglandin through the digestive process. This hormone will trigger contractions in the uterus. Another opinion says that spicy foods can irritate the intestines so that it stimulates uterine movements. However, no research can prove this assumption. If you want to keep trying it does not hurt, what should be considered is not to even cause your stomach feels heartburn, or even diarrhea and heartburn (feeling of heat in the upper part of the stomach).
7. Eat pineapple
Pineapple contains the enzyme bromelain which can help flex the cervix so it can trigger birth. Pineapple can also stimulate your stomach, which means it can also stimulate your uterus. You may need to eat a large amount to trigger the birth, because one pineapple contains only a small amount of bromelain enzyme. However, if you eat too much pineapple can cause digestive side effects, such as diarrhea.
8. Castor oil
Castor oil or castor oilis laxative or laxative. Castor oil can stimulate your stomach by triggering intestinal movements, and ultimately can trigger the uterus to contract. However, if your body has not shown signs of wanting to give birth, using castor oil can only make you experience diarrhea. We recommend that you use this oil carefully and consult your doctor immediately to find out the best way to trigger a pregnancy that you can do.
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