Giving birth has always been a painful and happy experience for women. Many times, when faced with childbirth, what defeats the mother is not the length of labor, but the desperate labor pain. How painful is giving birth?

Clinically, pain is usually graded on a scale of 0 to 10.

0 is no pain;

0-3 is mild pain;

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4-6 points are moderate pain;

7-10 points are severe pain;

And the labor pain index reaches 9.7-9.8!

During the entire delivery process, the mother needs to bear this pain for several hours.

"Painless delivery", also known as "labor analgesia", is a mature, safe and less invasive anesthesia technology. More and more mothers are learning about pain-free delivery and choosing to use labor analgesia during labor.

What is painless childbirth?

It can quickly relieve the pain during your delivery before the pain breaks your heart! To be precise, it should be called labor analgesia!

Painless delivery allows expectant mothers to no longer experience the torture of labor pain, reduces the tension, fear and postpartum fatigue during delivery, and allows expectant mothers to rest and accumulate strength. When the cervix is ??fully dilated, there is enough strength to complete the birth. At present, epidural labor analgesia is mainly used in labor analgesia at Chengdu Xindu District Maternal and Child Health Hospital.

Is painless childbirth really painless?

Painless delivery cannot be completely painless. Painless delivery is medically called "labor analgesia" and its purpose is to effectively relieve labor pain, not to make labor pain disappear.

The most commonly used method at present is epidural anesthesia for analgesia. Since everyone has different pain tolerance, there may not be any pain during use. But it is undeniable that painless delivery can help mothers relieve labor pain to a great extent during the actual delivery process.

After most parturients use painless delivery, they can sleep and rest, replenish their physical strength, listen to music, adjust their mood, and then wait quietly for the cervix to be fully dilated. Doesn’t it feel uncomfortable to listen to it? Comfortable. A mother who has used painless delivery said: "When the baby was dilated to two fingers, she was so painful that she stood against the wall. After getting the painless delivery injection, she suddenly felt relieved. The cost of more than one thousand is simply worth it in the world." . ”

Who is suitable for painless childbirth injection?

Painless delivery may not be suitable for all pregnant women with physical constitutions, so pregnant women who plan to use this technology need to undergo examination and evaluation by obstetricians and anesthesiologists, who will decide whether painless delivery is suitable.

If the pregnant mother is allergic to local anesthetics or opioids or has contraindications to neuraxial blockade, such as coagulation disorders, puncture site infection or injury, uncorrected maternal hypovolemia or hypotension , increased intracranial pressure, severe spinal deformity, etc., labor analgesia cannot be implemented. However, you can choose methods such as doula analgesia.

Do you have these misunderstandings about labor analgesia?

Myth 1: Impact on the fetus

Labor analgesia can definitely reduce pain, making it easier and more comfortable to have a normal delivery. Analgesic methods and drugs are safe for both the mother and the fetus. The amount of medicine injected into the spinal canal is very small, and the amount that can be transmitted to the baby is even less.

Misunderstanding 2: There is no pain at all after use

Everyone has different sensitivity to anesthetics, and the painless effect will also be different. Some pregnant women still have levels 2 to 3. Pain left and right; some women who are more sensitive to anesthetics will feel almost no pain during the entire labor process.

Misunderstanding 3: Prolonging the labor process

Anesthesia prolongs the labor process. Currently, various clinical verifications have proven that analgesic delivery has almost no impact on the labor process. On the contrary, excessive pain during delivery may lead to acidosis or hypoxemia in the baby.

Myth 4: Postpartum low back pain

Postpartum low back pain is more often caused by endocrine changes during pregnancy and postpartum, pelvic ligament relaxation, uterine repositioning, weight gain during pregnancy, and increased waist burden. It is caused by a series of reasons such as calcium deficiency during delivery, incorrect posture of holding the baby after delivery, etc. Generally, patients will experience some local dull pain at the puncture point, like the puncture of a vein needle. Generally, under the skillful operation of an anesthesiologist, it will not cause back pain.

In the name of love, happy delivery

I wish mothers can welcome their babies more relaxedly and happily...

Department of Anesthesia, Xindu District Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Chengdu Focusing on the direction of obstetrics and gynecology anesthesia, with rich case experience, we can formulate personalized plans based on the different physical constitutions of each pregnant mother, and improve risk plans to ensure the safety of mothers and babies.