What is the Lamaze method for labor pain relief?

Natural childbirth is a relatively natural physiological phenomenon for women, and it has many benefits for women and fetuses. It is also more conducive to the mother's physical recovery after delivery. However, many female friends know that the process of childbirth is painful, which often makes many women not know how to persist. However, if you master some correct methods, you can effectively reduce the pain and make childbirth smoother. Among them, the Lamaze pain relief childbirth method can effectively relieve women's pain during childbirth and make delivery smoother. So what is the Lamaze pain relief childbirth method!

Lamaze labor pain relief method

1) Clearing Breathing: deep breathing, relaxation of muscles throughout the body

2) Tightening and relaxation exercises:

Tighten your left arm, make a fist, straighten it, raise it, lower it, relax it

Imagine the contraction of your left arm as your uterus, and relax the rest of your body except your uterus.

Command: Clearing Breath, Tighten Left Arm, Relax, Clearing Breath

Exercise: tighten left arm, tighten right arm, tighten right leg, tighten left leg, tighten right arm and right leg, tighten left arm and left leg, tighten right arm and left leg, tighten left arm and right leg.

The exercise needs to be performed in the supine position, and the examination is completed by LG. The uterus should contract while other conditioned reflexes relax.

3. Breathing exercises: Use chest breathing during uterine contractions to reduce uterine pressure.

1) Breathing during the latent period:

During the latent period, uterine contractions occur every 5-20 minutes, each contraction lasts 30-60 seconds, and the cervix is ​​dilated to 0-2cm or 3cm.

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1. Contraction begins

2. Clearing Breathing

3. Inhale, two, three, four, exhale, two, three, four (repeat 6-9 times)

4. Clearing Breathing

5. End of contraction

2) Breathing during the acceleration period:

During the acceleration phase, uterine contractions occur every 2-4 minutes, each contraction lasts 45-60 seconds, and the cervix is ​​dilated 4-8 cm

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1. Contraction begins

2. Clearing Breathing

3. Inhale, two, three, four. Exhale, two, three, four.

Inhale, two, three, exhale, two, three

Inhale, two, exhale, two

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale

Inhale, two, exhale, two

Inhale, two, three, exhale, two, three

Inhale, two, three, four, exhale, two, three, four

4. Clearing Breathing

5. End of contraction

3) Breathing during deceleration period:

During the deceleration phase, there is a contraction every 30-60 seconds, each contraction lasts 60-90 seconds, and the cervix is ​​dilated 8-10 cm

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1. Contraction begins

2. Clearing Breathing

3. Hee, hee, hee, hee, shush

Hee, hee, hee, hee, hush (shallow breathing, stay in the throat)

4. Clearing Breathing

5. End of contraction

4) Breath-holding exercise:

The breath-holding exercise is the second stage of labor, the cervix is ​​fully dilated to 10cm, and the fetus is delivered.

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1. Contraction begins

2. Clearing Breathing

3. Inhale, hold your breath, and exert force (count from 1 to 10)

Inhale, hold your breath, and push (count from 1 to 10)

4. Clearing Breathing

5. End of contraction

When a pregnant woman practices alone, she can lie flat on a mat, spread her legs, raise them up on a chair or sofa, bend her knees, and keep her hips as close to the chair as possible.

5) Breathing exercise:

During the breathing exercise, the fetal head is delivered to a certain range. At this time, the pregnant woman should not exert force. When practicing, breath-holding exercises and exhaling exercises should be performed alternately.

6) Blowing candles

Method: Breathe quickly as if you were blowing out a candle.

Command: Don't use force - blow out the candle.

Precautions

advantage

1. Ensure the health of mother and fetus.

2. Enhance the relationship between husband and wife.

3. Reduce the use of drugs to reduce the pain of childbirth to a level that the human body can tolerate.

4. Couples go through the pregnancy and childbirth process together to develop mutual understanding and increase intimacy;

5. Reduce the unfamiliarity and fear of childbirth, and have the confidence to face childbirth;

6. During childbirth, using breathing techniques to actively control labor pains caused by uterine contractions and other uncertain conditions can help you stay calm and maintain your strength.

Childbirth is particularly harmful to women's bodies, so when choosing a method of delivery, try to choose a method that is easier for the body to recover after delivery. The above is an introduction to the Lamaze method of pain relief during childbirth. After understanding it, I hope it will be of some help to many female friends who are about to give birth. In fact, mastering more of this kind of common sense will have many benefits for women. If your physical condition allows, try to choose natural childbirth.