Will I have bowel movements during a normal birth?

Normal delivery, or natural pregnancy, is a better way of giving birth for both the baby and the mother. For the baby, it can reduce the risk of the baby developing lung or respiratory diseases. For the mother, postpartum recovery will be faster and the body's vitality will not be affected. So, will the embarrassing phenomenon of defecating occur during normal childbirth? The stomach will be introduced in detail below.

1. Will you poop during childbirth?

You may poop during childbirth. Defecation during childbirth is clinically seen. The main reason for this is that a lot of abdominal pressure is needed to help the fetus be delivered. When the abdominal pressure is very high, it will cause defecation or urination. But please rest assured that medical staff will not laugh at pregnant mothers for this, and pregnant mothers do not need to feel embarrassed or ashamed about it. So, you might poop during childbirth.

2. How to avoid pooping during childbirth

Don't hold your urine or stool before giving birth.

Holding urine and feces before delivery is a very bad practice, which will bring a lot of unnecessary trouble and harm to delivery. This is because the uterus is located between the bladder and rectum. After pregnancy, the uterus of the pregnant woman will gradually increase in size, which will make the uterus, bladder and rectum closer together. During childbirth, the uterus will automatically perform powerful contractions and rhythms to promote the delivery of the fetus. However, if the bladder and rectum are filled with urine and feces at this time, the volume of the bladder and rectum will increase, which will inevitably cause backlog of pressure on the uterus, which is not conducive to uterine contraction and has an adverse effect on delivery. Moreover, holding urine and feces during childbirth can cause damage to the mother's bladder, urethra, and anal sphincter, and can easily lead to urine retention and difficulty in defecation after delivery.

In addition, the increased abdominal pressure during delivery may also lead to the involuntary leakage of urine and feces, which can contaminate the vulva, be detrimental to the health of the newborn and the mother, and easily cause infection. Therefore, it is very necessary for the mother to empty her bowels and bladder before giving birth.

3. Enema before delivery

After delivery, due to the pressure caused by uterine contractions, pregnant women are prone to constipation, which causes feces to accumulate in the intestines. The sigmoid colon is located on the left rear side of the small pelvis. If there is a large amount of feces accumulated in this section of the intestine, it will often affect the smooth descent and rotation of the fetal head during delivery, thus hindering the progress of labor. Therefore, it is best for a doctor to perform an enema before delivery to clear out the feces in the intestines, reduce the resistance of the birth canal, and allow the delivery process to proceed smoothly. In addition, if enema is not performed to empty the stool, the mother may want to defecate during delivery, which will cause feces to contaminate the birth canal and easily cause postpartum infection.

Therefore, after the labor process begins, if time permits and the pregnant woman has no contraindications to enema, she should cooperate with the doctor to receive enema to clear out the feces accumulated in the intestine, which is beneficial to delivery.

Enema is simply the doctor flushing the inside of the anus and the outside of the rectum with clean water to allow the accumulated feces to flow out naturally. It is painless and pregnant women do not need to be nervous.