How to relieve uterine contraction pain after normal delivery

When pregnant women choose natural childbirth, most of them will experience uterine contractions after natural childbirth, and uterine contractions will cause pain to pregnant women. Therefore, how to relieve the pain caused by uterine contractions after natural childbirth is an urgent issue that pregnant women need to solve after delivery. So, how should the pain of uterine contractions after natural childbirth be relieved? Please see the analysis below.

1. Music therapy

Studies have long found that music can relieve a woman’s tension during childbirth and reduce the pain of contractions. By recording the delivery conditions of expectant mothers, it was found that those who listened to music had significantly reduced emotional tension and pain. The study also found that letting mothers listen to music and do music therapy can help them recover after childbirth and improve the relationship between mother and new baby.

Music therapy is more effective before childbirth. Advance training will help expectant mothers pick out their favorite, most familiar, and most pleasant music during labor, thereby achieving the best analgesic effect.

2. Do something else

Distract your attention: When contractions become more frequent, expectant mothers may wish to imagine the beautiful scene when the baby is born, or read a newspaper, watch TV, take a walk, chat, and try not to think about the word "pain".

Encouragement from the expectant father: When his wife begins to have contractions, the expectant father should remind her to do even abdominal breathing, and say some encouraging and comforting words at any time, so as not to let his wife feel isolated and helpless.

Supplementary food: During the intervals between contractions, expectant mothers should try to eat some easily digestible foods, such as milk, chocolate, eggs, noodle soup, etc., to maintain sufficient physical strength and energy.

3. Take a deep breath with the prospective father

It is normal for expectant mothers to have tense abdominal muscles during contractions. At this time, other parts of the body should be relaxed as much as possible. When the expectant mother is sitting or lying down, her body needs some support, such as a pillow or a backrest. The expectant father should make sure that his wife's elbows, legs, lower back and neck are supported and feel comfortable. He should also check whether all parts of his wife's body are completely relaxed.

If your wife is feeling nervous due to the pain, the expectant father can take deep breaths with her.

4. Birthing ball exercise

When the expectant mother is experiencing labor pains, she should not lie in bed all the time. She can get up and walk around, or try doing the birthing ball exercise, which is to sit on a fitness ball. As the ball swings back and forth, the support on the pelvic floor can help relieve pelvic floor pain.

Sitting: Spread your legs apart and step firmly. The expectant mother sits on the ball. Place a chair in front of the ball, hold the back of the chair with both hands, and move your hips left and right.

Prone position: Place a soft cushion on the ground, and the expectant mother kneels on the cushion, relaxes her arms, lies on the ball, and slowly rocks left to right.

There is no limit to the number of times you can do the birthing ball exercise. As long as the expectant mother feels comfortable, she can continue doing it.

Generally speaking, it is normal for women to experience uterine contraction pain after a normal delivery. However, to relieve the pain caused by uterine contraction after a normal delivery, you can use the methods introduced in the article such as music therapy, distraction, birthing ball exercises and deep breathing to relieve the pain.