Jacqueline Ytuarte
Child Birth
Many women now days are getting ready to have a family. When having a
family women having babies, and babies means women go through a full nine
months of pregnancy that leads up to childbirth. Childbirth also known as labor,
birth, and partus includes both labor and delivery; it the entire process as the infant
makes its way from the womb down the birth canal to the outside world. (Childbirth)
“Pregnancy is the term used to describe the period in which a woman carries a
fetus inside of her. In most cases, the fetus grows in the uterus.” (nichd) During
my research the topics will be discussed are symptoms of pregnancy, trimesters,
miscarriages, abortions, the three stages of childbirth, the different breech
positions, forceps delivery, vacuum assisted birth, C-sections, Symptoms, and the
pain treatments.
Once finding out that a woman is pregnant women should find a doctor
because the doctor is going to make sure everything is going goof for the baby and
the mother. During pregnancy it’s best not to smoke, drink alcohol, caffeine, and
some medication because it could real hurt the baby. The body changed the belly
expands, the breast get ready for milk, acne can happened.
The Early Pregnancy symptoms are usually after a missed period. Six
weeks into being pregnant symptoms will show up depending on the women.
Home pregnancy test is probably the second best to know if the women are
pregnant. Certain foods can trigger relaxing that makes the women throw up or it
can cause her to be hungrier. The hormones are affected because of all the
changes happening in the body, so mood swings occur. Frequent urination, being
tired, sore breast is a big thing since the body is changing. Morning sickness is
where the women no matter what time vomits.
Miscarriages “The medical terms used to identify this potential complication
or loss gives most women an uncomfortable feeling, so throughout this article, we
will refer to this type of threatened complication or pregnancy loss under 20 weeks
as a miscarriage. “(American) The reason why some miscarriages happen are
because hormonal problems, infections, lifestyle for example smoking, excessive
caffeine, maternal age, or maternal trauma. Warning signs are severe pain in the
back, weight loss, white oink mucus, brown or bright red bleeding, and tissue with
clot. There are different types of miscarriage one is threatened and it’s because of
the cervix being closed. Incomplete miscarriage is when there is a dilation of the
cervix and rupture the membrane. Complete miscarriage is the embryo has
emptied out of the uterus. Missed miscarriage is when the embryonic death has
happened. Recurrent miscarriage is 3 or more consecutive first trimester
miscarriage. Preventing a miscarriage because it’s due to how the body and
chromosome are there is not much people can do but things to help out is exercise,
eat healthy, manage stress, manage weight, and do not smoke. “Studies reveal
that anywhere from 10-25% of all clinically recognized pregnancies will end in
miscarriage. Chemical pregnancies may account for 50-75% of all miscarriages.”
(amer)
Abortion are common in the world. In the United States 3 out of 10 women
have an abortion before the age of 45?
Pregnancy is nine months long, usually 40 weeks. It’s divided into three
trimesters. The first trimester is week 1 to week 12, basically the sperm has swam
to the egg making a zygote. The zygote moves down the fallopian tubes and settles
in the uterus. Then start to form the fetus and the placenta. The second trimester
is week 13 to week 28, 16 weeks in the women can find out if the baby is a boy or
girl, and the forming of the muscles skin and bones. 20 weeks in, movement of the
baby may occur and in the 24th week the fetus regularly wakes up and sleep and
footprints and fingerprints have formed. The third trimester is the last weeks of
pregnancy. 32 weeks in the eyes are able to open and close, and the bones are
almost fully formed. If a baby is born before 37 weeks it’s called preterm, which
could give a risk to development on vision, hearing, cerebral palsy. Baby’s that are
born on weeks 37 and 38 are considered early term but still health. In, 39 to 40
weeks, a full term of pregnancy because every part of the body is fully formed.
During labor there are three different stages that a women will go through.
The first stage of childbirth starts when the women are having regular contractions
and the term water breaking occurs. Water breaks means during the women being
pregnant the baby lives in the amniotic sac and when the baby is ready to come
out the amniotic sac will ruptures. For some women the water can really gush out,
lost control of bladder, popping sensation followed by fluid that is unquestionable.
Childbirth can last up to 8-12 hours. A women cervix has to dilate to 10cm before
women can start to push. While dilating the contraction can last about 30-45
seconds giving the women 5-30minutes of resting before the next contraction.
Contractions are a symptom that feels like menstrual cramps, tightening in the
pelvic area or pain in the lower back. The next step is the active labor; the active
labor is when the contractions get more intense and stronger unless the epidural
was already placed. During this time the mom to be should ask for the epidural if
they wish to receive it, drink lots of water because of sweating may occur, start
breathing exercises if the mom is planning to use them for natural birth, ask for a
snack, and pee regularly. In the transitional level when the mom is fully at 10cm
dilated, they will be moved to the delivery room to push out the baby.
The Second stage is the baby is ready to come out involving the pushing
and the delivery of the baby. During the pushing stage mother should expect
natural urges to push, strong pressure at the rectum, accident minor bowel or
urination can occur, crowning will eventually happen meaning the baby head is
showing, and burning sensation during the crowning stage. When the baby head
is under the pubic bone and crowns the doctor pulls the head out following the
shoulders. The doctor then uses suction for the baby’s mouth and nose for its first
breath. The baby rest of the body comes out easily and the cut of the umbilical
cord is done. Following the baby coming out through a very narrow birth canal the
baby can have some of the following characteristics such as cone shaped head,
puffy eyes, enlarged genitals, and vernix coating from soaking in the sac for nine
months. “An episiotomy is a surgical cut in the muscular area between the vagina
and the anus (the area called the perineum) made just before delivery to enlarge
your vaginal opening.”(babycenter) This is used when the baby is either to large
for the mother or if the doctor has decided that the baby has to be born as soon as
possible because of some major that can affect the baby or the mother to be.
Women who usually have an episiotomy are more likely to lose more blood during
labor, also can have a painful recovery and can increase the risk of infection.
Methods to recover at home is to apply ice on the area, pouring warm water over
vulva while urination, sitting on a pillow when sitting on hard surfaces, and also
some pain medication.
The final stage is delivering of the placenta. After delivery the baby
mother will feel another contraction to begin again, that contraction is the placenta
separating from the uterine wall. After the placenta is out, moms might experiences
severe shaking and shivering which is normal symptom. After all the stages are
