Category Birth

The last weeks of pregnancy are a coming and going of emotions and feelings that turn everything upside down: is everything ready for the baby's arrival? Do we have everything we need? Have I closed all my & 39; pending & 39; business? When will the time come? Will I know how to recognize it? And what will we do when it arrives?

Since we became pregnant, women have the day of delivery in our heads. At first as something diffuse and distant, but in the last weeks of pregnancy, it becomes more present and real. Of course, when you think about that day you want everything to go well, that both you and your baby are healthy and happy and for this there is nothing better than organizing a birth plan.

What do we have to eat before delivery? Are there foods that can help us have contractions? Can we bring about labor with them? There is a lot of urban legend on the subject, and little really proven information, so let's try to clarify ourselves and try to help you have a good delivery. As the due date approaches, everyone seems impatient and the rush to meet the baby begins.

What would have happened to my two deliveries if I hadn't had an epidural? I will never know, but I have to admit that I wanted to have had a natural birth 100. Still, I have to thank the team that treated me in both cases and especially the anesthetists. Everything went well and there were no post epidural complications!

Most of our grandmothers gave birth at home with the help of a midwife or midwife, or sometimes even a doctor. It was a normal practice and accepted by all. There was no epidural, or monitoring. The women gave birth without any technical help, only the experience and advice of those who assisted them.

Pregnancy is the first great challenge in this adventure of motherhood in which you have embarked. A new stage begins in which, most likely, fears, doubts, uncertainties appear. & 34; Will I be able? & 34; & 34; Am I going to do it right? & 34; & 34; Am I going to be & 39; good & 39; mother? & 34; & 34; And if I don't do it right, will something happen to my future baby?

The World Health Organization is concerned about the increase in caesarean sections. According to their reports, they should not exceed 15, and yet they are exceeded, especially in Latin America. In countries like Mexico or Brazil, one out of every two deliveries is by cesarean section. The reason for concern is that with cesarean delivery, the risk to mother and baby increases and the benefits of vaginal delivery for both are negated.

The respected delivery or humanized delivery is the non-intervened delivery. That is to say, that birth where the woman decides, by her own will and right, how she wants to have her child and where nature runs its course freely, however, the medical team must be present at all times. In a respected delivery, gynecologists and midwives only support the pregnant woman and intervene in exclusive cases where there is a deviation from normality.

Each delivery is unique, since not only each woman has her specific characteristics, but each baby has unique needs. So it is important that we know that each pregnancy is different and each delivery as well. However, there are certain points where we could generalize, and say how the pregnancies of the first children differ from the successive ones, and how they could influence labor.

Meconium aspiration syndrome (SAM) in infants is a disorder produced by the aspiration of amniotic fluid with meconium into the airway before or during birth, which causes respiratory distress to a greater or lesser degree. We call the first stools meconium of the baby. It is a sticky substance with a dark greenish color (almost black), and it is made up of mucus, bile, intestinal secretions and other remains of substances contained in the amniotic fluid that the baby swallows while in the womb.

The birth of a son or daughter is one of the most important moments of our life, and as such, all women hope to live it and enjoy it in all its intensity, even if we make mistakes sometimes. Here are the 7 most common mistakes that pregnant women make when they are in labor.