What should I do if my spotting and contractions are irregular?

As the due date approaches, pregnant mothers will experience different symptoms before delivery. Some pregnant mothers will have their water break first, while others will see spotting first. Generally, they will give birth within 24 to 48 hours after seeing spotting. However, some pregnant mothers have irregular contractions after seeing spotting, and there is no sign of giving birth. At this time, pregnant mothers should count fetal movements every day, take more walks after dinner, and climb stairs, all of which can help pregnant women give birth quickly.

What should I do if my cervix doesn't open after labor pains and bleeding?

Lamaze breathing method can be used when the cervix is ​​not dilated. Lamaze breathing can be practiced from the seventh month of pregnancy so that it can be used skillfully during childbirth. If you wait until right before giving birth to practice, the effect will often be greatly reduced due to your lack of expertise.

Through the learning process of neuromuscular control, prenatal gymnastics and breathing technique training, Lamaze breathing method can effectively allow mothers to focus on their breathing control during delivery, thereby diverting pain, moderately relaxing muscles, and being able to remain calm during labor pain and delivery with confidence, thereby speeding up the delivery process and ensuring the smooth birth of the baby. It is best to have the expectant father accompany the mother in the practice, which can not only encourage the expectant mother, but also enhance the relationship between the couple.

Spread a blanket on the living room floor or practice on the bed. Play some beautiful prenatal music indoors. The expectant mother can choose to sit cross-legged. To the sound of music, the expectant mother should first let her body completely relax and focus her eyes on the same point.

1. Chest breathing

This method is used at the beginning of labor, when the cervix is ​​about 3 cm dilated, and the breathing method used is slow chest breathing.

Expectant mothers can feel the uterus contracting every 5 to 20 minutes, with each contraction lasting about 30 to 60 seconds. Expectant mothers learn to take a deep breath through their nose, and then inhale and exhale as the uterus contracts, repeating this process until the contractions stop and then resuming normal breathing.

Chest breathing is an effortless, comfortable, and pain-reducing breathing method that allows expectant mothers to accurately inform their family or doctors about contractions whenever the uterus begins or ends.

2. Hee Hee Shallow Breathing

The hee hee shallow breathing method is used when the baby is turning and slowly coming down from the birth canal (before the cervix opens to 7 cm). As the uterus begins to contract, take deep chest breaths. When the uterus contracts strongly, take shallow breaths, and resume deep breathing when the contractions begin to slow.

When the cervix dilates to 3 to 7 centimeters, uterine contractions become more frequent, occurring every 2 to 4 minutes, with each contraction lasting about 45 to 60 seconds.

What are the signs before childbirth?

1. Uterine fundus descent:

About two weeks before delivery, the fundus of the uterus will drop in a first-time mother. At this time, she will feel relaxed in the upper abdomen, and her breathing will become smoother than before. The uncomfortable feeling of stomach pressure will be relieved a lot, and her appetite will also increase accordingly.

2. There is a feeling of oppression in the lower abdomen:

Due to the descent, the part that will be exposed first during delivery has already dropped to the entrance of the pelvis, causing distension in the lower abdomen and compression of the bladder. At this time, you will feel back pain and leg pain, difficulty walking, and frequent urination.

3. Seeing red:

In the last few weeks of pregnancy, cervical secretions increase and the amount of vaginal discharge increases. Normal cervical secretions are a viscous liquid, which usually forms a mucus plug in the cervix to prevent bacteria from invading the uterine cavity. During pregnancy, this secretion is more abundant and thicker. As the uterus contracts regularly, this mucus plug is discharged with the contractions that begin with labor; and due to the separation of the fetal membrane at the endometrium and the uterine wall, there is a small amount of bleeding. This bleeding mixes with the uterine mucus plug and is discharged from the vagina, which is called red show. Showing blood is a relatively reliable sign that labor is about to begin. If the amount of bleeding is greater than usual, you should consider whether there is any abnormality. It may be placental abruption and you need to go to the hospital for examination immediately.

4. Regular abdominal pain:

The pain usually lasts for 30 seconds, with an interval of 10 minutes. Later, the pain duration gradually increases and the interval time shortens, which is called regular labor pains.

5. Water breaking:

The outflow of amniotic fluid from the vagina is commonly known as "water breaking". Because of the strong contraction of the uterus, the pressure in the uterine cavity gradually increases, the cervix opens wider, the head drops, causing the fetal membrane to rupture, and amniotic fluid flows out of the vagina. At this time, birth is not far away.