Do I need an IV drip after a normal birth?

Natural birth is different from caesarean section. Patients who undergo caesarean section need to stay in the hospital for about ten days to half a month and can only be discharged after their wounds have healed. People who undergo natural birth can be discharged from the hospital within a week at most. Although whether intravenous infusion is needed afterwards depends on the actual physical condition of the patient, there are some individual factors that require intravenous treatment, which is also to reduce the baby's suffocation and can also help the body recover after natural birth.

Basic Introduction

From the perspective of childbirth, we advocate natural childbirth because it is the safest for mother and baby. Specifically, during natural childbirth, the baby's lungs and lungs will be squeezed by the birth canal, which is good for the baby.

One of the reasons for choosing a caesarean section is to avoid squeezing the baby's brain. Some people say that the baby will be smart after birth, but this statement is actually completely wrong. The baby lives in the amniotic fluid in the mother's belly. During the natural delivery process, most of the water originally contained in the uterine cavity in his lungs will be squeezed out. This can reduce neonatal asphyxia and the occurrence of pneumonia.

In addition, during the process of natural childbirth, the mother has a special immune antibody in her body that can be passed on to the baby, and the baby's resistance will be enhanced after birth.

Natural birth is a method of delivery. Some people believe that natural birth is much better than caesarean section because at least the baby is intact and without defects after birth. This is the biggest temptation for women who love beauty.

Natural birth is also better for the baby. Vaginal delivery is a natural physiological process. During the delivery process, there is no squeezing of the birth canal, and there is often fluid retention in the respiratory tract, so there are more chances of suffocation and respiratory complications.

Pros and Cons

1. Quick recovery after childbirth. You can get out of bed and walk on the day of delivery. Generally, patients can be discharged from the hospital within 3-5 days, and the cost is relatively low.

2. You can eat immediately after delivery and breastfeed.

3. There is only wound in the perineum.

4. Fewer complications.

5. For babies, their lung function is exercised when they come out of the birth canal, and their skin nerve endings are stimulated and massaged, so their nervous and sensory systems develop better, and the direct functions of the whole body also develop better.

6. The abdomen recovers quickly and can return to its original flatness soon.

7. The anesthetic will not cause damage to the child's nerves.

shortcoming

1. There will be labor pains before delivery, but you can have an painless delivery to avoid the pain.

2. Sudden events during vaginal delivery.

3. Vaginal relaxation, but it can be avoided through postpartum exercise.

4. Sequelae of pelvic uterine and bladder prolapse.

5. Vaginal delivery can damage the perineal tissue and may even cause infection or vulvar hematoma.

6. Postpartum bleeding may occur due to poor uterine contraction. If postpartum bleeding cannot be controlled, emergency cesarean section is required. In severe cases, the uterus needs to be removed, and it may even be life-threatening.

7. Postpartum infection or puerperal fever occurs, especially early rupture of membranes and prolonged labor.

8. Precipitous labor (delivery takes less than two hours) may occur. Especially for multiparous women and patients with relaxed cervix.