What preparations are needed for induction of labor?

After an unexpected pregnancy, many women are struggling with the question of whether to keep the baby or not. After all, it is a little life growing in their bodies. However, due to many issues such as work and life, they often miss the time for an abortion. If the fetus is too large, they can only terminate the pregnancy by induced labor. A full body check-up must be done before induced abortion to protect the mother. The following article introduces the preparations before induction of labor. If you are not familiar with it, you can take a look.

Examinations for induction of labor

The tests to be done for induction of labor include:

1. First, the doctor needs to have a detailed understanding of the pregnant woman's medical history, which generally includes pregnancy and delivery history, family medical history, bleeding conditions, history of liver and kidney diseases, and the specific circumstances of this pregnancy.

2. Secondly, a full-body examination should be conducted to understand the overall physical condition of the pregnant woman, clarify her body temperature, blood pressure and other routine physical conditions, and perform blood and urine tests. Sometimes it is also necessary to check liver and kidney function, perform electrocardiograms and dialysis.

3. Gynecological examinations generally require understanding the specific conditions of the vulva, vagina, uterus, and cervix, and routine leucorrhea testing to determine the cleanliness of the vagina.

4. If you suffer from cervicitis and the symptoms are severe, accompanied by abnormal leucorrhea and excessive secretions, you need to be cured before undergoing an induced abortion.

5. When preparing for surgery, in order to prevent infection during or after the operation, pregnant women should take certain antibiotics, and before that, allergic reactions in pregnant women should be avoided.

6. Before inducing abortion, pregnant women who are in a late stage of pregnancy or have cervical hypoplasia need to take a certain amount of mifepristone orally.

7. In certain circumstances, an ultrasonic examination is also required to more conveniently determine the location of the placenta. Pregnant women with a low-lying placenta may not be able to undergo induced labor.

Methods of inducing labor

There are many methods of inducing labor, which can generally be divided into three categories: water bag induction, medical induction and cesarean section.

1. Water bag induction of labor: This is a method of induction of labor that uses mechanical methods to achieve the purpose of induction of labor. First, a special medical water bag filled with sterile saline is placed between the uterine wall and the gestational sac. Generally, uterine contractions will occur between 12 and 24 hours after the water bag is placed, which will cause natural miscarriage. After induction of labor, the integrity of the placenta must be checked to determine whether a curettage is needed.

2. Medical induction of labor: In the second trimester, the uterus is in a relatively stable stage and there is no obvious contraction of the uterus. On the one hand, medical induction of labor stimulates the contraction of the uterus, and on the other hand, it reduces the secretion of placental hormones and kills the fetus. Commonly used drugs include prostaglandins, trichosanthes, levavanol, etc., which can be injected via intra-amniotic injection and extra-amniotic injection. Medical induction of labor is a process in which the placenta is first separated from the uterus and then expelled naturally. However, if the drug dosage is not well controlled in this method, it will cause severe uterine contractions and damage the birth canal of the pregnant woman. The ideal drug effect is that uterine contractions are not very severe, there is no residue in the uterus after drug-induced abortion, and the amount of bleeding is not large.

3. Cesarean section: Cesarean section is a surgical method to induce labor through abdominal section or vaginal section. However, this method is generally only used when the pregnant woman has physical limitations and is not used under normal circumstances.