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LABOUR COMPLICATIONS

One of the many important things to anticipate and take care is labour complications during the delivery of the baby. Even as the complications of labour mostly can be sorted out, it's not at all times possible to prevent them from occurring in the first place. Though pondering over too much on it is not mentally healthy for the expecting mother, completely ignoring the issue can sometimes be disastrous. Hence it’s advised to be aware of labour complications.

Uterus not contracting often enough

This is a condition where your uterus is 'droopy', and may not contract efficiently. This could prevent labour from going on getting going as it should be, or delay the dilation of your cervix.

Bursting your water bag often helps the contractions to go smooth. If it doesn’t, you may well have to use a medication called Syntocinon. It stimulates the uterus and lets your cervix dilate normally. If labour still does not carry on smoothly, you may have to go for a Caesarean Section.

Baby’s Head and Position

Once your uterus is totally dilated, the second stage of labour is reached in which first your baby's head comes down all the way through your vagina. How you carefully and naturally push depends whether the baby's head is moving down, if the baby is showing signs of distress and the energy that you have. During this time, forceps can be carefully and safely used to get the baby out. At times, labour could be delayed as the baby's head is too large or if it’s in the wrong position. This condition is called cephalo-pelvic disproportion. Given that your baby is not having his back towards yours, his head usually turns through labour so that the narrowest part can pass by safely through your pelvis.

If your baby has his back towards yours, his position is said to be posterior or 'occipito-posterior'. This position prevents his head from flexing normally and, as the broad part of his head is trying to come through your comparatively narrow pelvis, labour could be delayed.

Although your baby has been in this position until your labour begins, his entire body will often turn around through your labour so that he comes out in a normal regular position.

Placenta Delivery

After the baby is born, the placenta is typically seen coming away from the wall of your uterus in one piece and is delivered swiftly and safely. A shot of Syntocinon generally helps the easy delivery of the placenta. Seldom, the placenta does not come away naturally, and got to be removed under epidural or general anesthetics.

Foetal distress

This condition says that your baby is in trouble, generally from lack of oxygen. When your uterus contracts, it stops the supply of oxygen to your placenta . If your placenta does not have sufficient reserve of oxygen, your baby might get into problems like:

The scale of urgency depends on the severity of your baby's distress .If you are by now in the second stage of labour, you might have to go for an episiotomy or forceps delivery to hurry up your baby's birth. You may have to go for a Caesarean section if you are yet in the first stage of labour.

LABOUR COMPLICATIONS

One of the many important things to anticipate and take care is labour complications during the delivery of the baby. Even as the complications of labour mostly can be sorted out, it's not at all times possible to prevent them from occurring in the first place. Though pondering over too much on it is not mentally healthy for the expecting mother, completely ignoring the issue can sometimes be disastrous. Hence it’s advised to be aware of labour complications.

Uterus not contracting often enough

This is a condition where your uterus is 'droopy', and may not contract efficiently. This could prevent labour from going on getting going as it should be, or delay the dilation of your cervix.

Bursting your water bag often helps the contractions to go smooth. If it doesn’t, you may well have to use a medication called Syntocinon. It stimulates the uterus and lets your cervix dilate normally. If labour still does not carry on smoothly, you may have to go for a Caesarean Section.

Baby’s Head and Position

Once your uterus is totally dilated, the second stage of labour is reached in which first your baby's head comes down all the way through your vagina. How you carefully and naturally push depends whether the baby's head is moving down, if the baby is showing signs of distress and the energy that you have. During this time, forceps can be carefully and safely used to get the baby out. At times, labour could be delayed as the baby's head is too large or if it’s in the wrong position. This condition is called cephalo-pelvic disproportion. Given that your baby is not having his back towards yours, his head usually turns through labour so that the narrowest part can pass by safely through your pelvis.

If your baby has his back towards yours, his position is said to be posterior or 'occipito-posterior'. This position prevents his head from flexing normally and, as the broad part of his head is trying to come through your comparatively narrow pelvis, labour could be delayed.

Although your baby has been in this position until your labour begins, his entire body will often turn around through your labour so that he comes out in a normal regular position.

Placenta Delivery

After the baby is born, the placenta is typically seen coming away from the wall of your uterus in one piece and is delivered swiftly and safely. A shot of Syntocinon generally helps the easy delivery of the placenta. Seldom, the placenta does not come away naturally, and got to be removed under epidural or general anesthetics.

Foetal distress

This condition says that your baby is in trouble, generally from lack of oxygen. When your uterus contracts, it stops the supply of oxygen to your placenta . If your placenta does not have sufficient reserve of oxygen, your baby might get into problems like:

The scale of urgency depends on the severity of your baby's distress .If you are by now in the second stage of labour, you might have to go for an episiotomy or forceps delivery to hurry up your baby's birth. You may have to go for a Caesarean section if you are yet in the first stage of labour.