Contents:
- Medical Video: Labor And Delivery Child Birth | Manipal Hospitals
- Who needs induction of childbirth?
- 1. Gestational age exceeds the estimated date of birth
- 2. Premature rupture of membranes
- 3. Infection in the amniotic fluid
- 4. Having certain medical conditions
Medical Video: Labor And Delivery Child Birth | Manipal Hospitals
Childbirth is the most anticipated time of the last trimester. Because that means, soon you can meet with your little one who has been in your stomach for nine months. Unfortunately, not all pregnant women can go through a smooth delivery process. Some may require childbirth induction to facilitate the birth of a baby. Indeed, who should do it?
Who needs induction of childbirth?
Childbirth induction or labor induction is a procedure that aims to facilitate birth by stimulating uterine contractions. This decision was chosen to reduce the risk of labor that could befall the mother and baby.
Not all pregnant women need it, some of the following conditions that most require induction of childbirth:
1. Gestational age exceeds the estimated date of birth
Usually, signs of mother giving birth appear when one or two weeks of labor. However, this sign may never appear, even exceeding the date of delivery that has been determined. If this happens, the doctor will generally advise you to induce labor.
Because if left longer, feared it would risk endangering your condition and the baby in the stomach. For example, causing health problems, the placenta is less effective at providing nutrition for babies, until the baby is born dead.
2. Premature rupture of membranes
Labor induction is important for pregnant women whose fetal water has broken down first, but labor has not yet begun. If the mother experiences premature rupture of the membranes, the infection will easily attack the body of both mother and baby.
Previously the doctor will consider several things first, such as gestational age and whether or not the baby is ready to be born. The process of inducing childbirth may not be done if your baby is premature.
3. Infection in the amniotic fluid
If you have an infection of the uterus or amniotic fluid (chorioamnionitis), chances are that you should get induction of childbirth. Because babies cannot live in an infected environment, right? At the same time, induction also aims to treat infections.
4. Having certain medical conditions
Induction of labor should also be done for those of you who have chronic diseases that threaten your and your baby's safety. These conditions include high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney disease, high cholesterol, and more weight.
