The pregnancy is slowly coming to an end – but nothing happens

Of the calculated due date gets closer and closer. Suddenly the 40 weeks of pregnancy are over and nothing has happened yet – no contractions and no other signs that the birth could start anytime soon. This is often the case, especially with women who are expecting their first child.

After such a long time you are physical tired and exhausted and in your head you are getting tired of being pregnant and looking forward to finally getting to know the new family member.

After the calculated appointment take place regularlycontrol appointments at the gynecologist. Means CTG and ultrasound the baby is checked to see if it is okay. Depending on the clinic or birthing center, the waiting time before the birth can be initiated varies. Consists no health risk , this is usually the case no later than 14 days after the calculated due date, i.e.end of the 42nd week of pregnancy.

If the baby’s heartbeat is no longer within the normal range, the oxygen supply is no longer sufficient, there is pregnancy poisoning or something else health problem with the baby, so will the birth initiated immediately . Under these circumstances, induction is a good alternative to a caesarean section.

Artificial induction of labor also takes place in many cases for no medical reason instead of. At the request of the pregnant woman or on the recommendation of the doctor, shortly after the ET medically initiated will. Is an artificial initiation under these circumstances really useful? This blog post is about this topic.

Induction of labor without a medical reason is not necessarily recommended.

Olivia Wyss

At the end of the SS the woman is mostly tired, exhausted and impatient . Sometimes an important appointment is just around the corner. The possibility of being able to initiate the birth comes in handy. With the first child you don’t know exactly what to expect anyway – so why not do the whole thing a little accelerate? In the hospitals, due to the high number of pregnant women who want to or have to induce pregnancy, evenintroductory lists kept.

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Induction of labor – disadvantages and consequences

Induced birth can do one Rat tail of problems entail. Let’s start with the synthetic hormones to initiate the birth. Is the cervix already soft or even slightly open that will Hormone oxytocin administered intravenously. At a cervix still closed becomes the hormone Prostaglandin introduced vaginally by means of gel or suppository. For some, contractions start immediately, and for others, it lasts for hours or even days.

If there is labor, one will initiated birth often to a so-calledlabor storm. The contractions are too strong and almost without breaks. To do this again to stop , will contraceptive agent injected. In addition to the side effects of this drug, it is unfortunately also the case that the Labor nearly disappear completely can and the procedure starts all over again.

At a spontaneous birth the woman’s body regulates pain by means ofrelease of pain-suppressing endorphins. There are also always longer periods between contractionspauses in labor so that the body can recover a little. Decrease the strength and frequency of labor continually to, while the pain is almost unbearable during the induced birth.

Because of this, many women choose one during childbirth PDA (epidural anesthesia). After a local anesthesia in the back a small catheter is inserted in the area of the spine. About this catheter will be continuousmedication dispensed, those whobirth pains significantly alleviate. However, with an epidural it takes time to give birth mostly longer. The end phase is also more difficult because the contractions not more right be perceived. It may come to onebirth arrest and the child must meansuction bell or even byemergency caesarean section to be fetched.

Stress for the baby and the mother

It happens after the birth induced births more likely to have complications with theplacental detachment andbleeding are sometimes more violent , because the uterus is struggling to maintain itself to contract. With such a complication, the mother must operated on immediately be soinfections can be prevented. Unfortunately, mother and child miss the first one important bond.

But such a birth is difficult not only for the mother. Also for the baby is it with a lot of stress connected, since it was obviously not quite ready, to see the light of day. If the contractions are very strong and there is not enough space between them, the baby may take too little oxygen on. It is also controversial whether that synthetic hormone oxytocincauses attachment disorders. As if that weren’t enough problems, after the birth it can also cause you delayed milk penetration come as the body likely for thatmilk production wasn’t ready yet. Receives the newborn none or to little breast milk, it has to bepowder milk to be fed. This, in turn, leads to the baby getting on very early the vial used and may no longer drink well from the chest. Because from thebottle teat the baby arrives much easier to the food.

Do you miss thetransition to breastfeeding or the child does not pull the breast properly, you are practically forced to take the milkpumping regularly or switch completely to powdered milk. If you have had this experience, we can offer you our LIINI ® bottle warmer! He guarantees you a quick and easy heating breast milk or powdered milk and makes your everyday life a little easier.

The fact is that childbirth is initiated physical and mental consequences can cause which not necessary would have been, one would still have a bit patience had. But would have had a bicycle chain – this decision cannot be reversed.

With this blog post I want to encourage other women not to be doctors or other people the silence and bring back more to thathear your own gut feeling and still have a little patience. Sometimes it may only be 2-3 days and the birth will start on its own. I think the wait is definitely worth it.

Personally, I don’t know a mother who has celebrated her initiated birth. How do you feel about giving birth – blessing or curse? We are very interested about your experience that you made. Feel free to post your thoughts on the topic in the comments or share your story with us on Instagram!