Contents:
- Medical Video: Normal Vaginal Childbirth
- The first stage
- Second stage
- Factors that affect the duration of pushing the baby out
- Third phase
Medical Video: Normal Vaginal Childbirth
Normal childbirth may not be an easy thing to do. But, this is a natural thing. Your body naturally prepares itself for childbirth. Starting from contractions to open the way out the baby until your baby is born and also the baby's placenta comes out. However, during a normal delivery, you should also try to push the baby out. This is probably one of the stages of childbirth that drains you.
When you give birth normally, there are three stages that you must pass.
The first stage
This stage starts when you begin to feel a contraction to open the way out for the baby. Your body is currently preparing to give birth to your baby. This first stage will last until your cervix (cervix) opens at 10 cm. You may need several hours to several days until your cervix is fully open and ready to give birth to a baby. Every pregnant woman has different times in passing this stage.
Second stage
This is the stage where you have to get your baby out. This stage takes place when you have to push the baby out until the baby is born into the world. When your cervix is open by 10 cm, this is your time to push the baby out. At this time, you must regulate your breathing and know when the best time to push. Feel your instincts and body, and focus on the birth of your baby.
For those of you who have just given birth, the stage of pushing the baby out may last longer, can be up to 3 hours. But, if you have given birth before and this stage is going well, maybe you will spend 20 minutes to 2 hours (the longest) for this stage.
Factors that affect the duration of pushing the baby out
How long it takes you to push your baby out depends on various factors. Some of the factors that influence this stage are:
- Childbirth experience. If you are having your first normal delivery (even if you have previously given a cesarean delivery), you may need to take longer to get your baby out. Your pelvic muscles that have never stretched before take longer to stretch. Pregnant women who have already given birth may only need one or two times the urge to have a baby.
- The size and shape of the mother's pelvis. Each woman has a different size and shape of the pelvis. This can then affect the pelvic opening, large or narrow. However, all babies can certainly overcome this.
- Baby size The size of the baby can be bigger or smaller than the cervix (the way out the baby). However, apparently the baby's head can adjust it. Babies have skull bones that do not remain in permanent form. These bones can shift and overlap during labor.
- Position of baby's head. In normal labor, the baby's head must be below and ideally the baby's head is facing down (mother's tail bone) or commonly referred to as the anterior position. Babies born with an anterior position may only need a little time to be born. While the baby in the posterior position (facing up) takes time to get out longer. Mothers may have to go through the stages of pushing the baby out longer.
- Strength of the mother during labor. Like, how strong the contractions that the mother produces and how hard the mother's strength is when pushing the baby out. Strong contractions help the cervix open more quickly, so the baby can be born faster. Good driving force and good influence from other factors may make the mother only need about one hour or twice the urge to give birth to a baby.
Third phase
The third stage is the stage where your baby has been born, but your body will still make contractions to remove the baby's placenta. Relax, you don't need very strong energy at this stage as you need when removing your baby. This process also does not take long. You can also get medication to speed up the release of your baby's placenta.
