What are the signs of natural childbirth?

After 10 months of pregnancy, the baby is due. Of course, expectant mothers should know more about the signs of delivery. The closer to the due date, the more secretions will occur, and the stomach will feel tight from time to time, especially when the amniotic fluid breaks, which means that the fetus is about to meet you.

1. Around 34-36 weeks or later, the expectant mother will secrete a transparent, sticky substance called cervical mucus plug. Because the birth is imminent, the cervix begins to soften and will secrete this substance. The closer to the due date, the more it will be secreted. Expectant mothers, if you have seen this mucus, it means you are not far from meeting your baby.

2. The stomach tightens from time to time, but it doesn’t hurt. Many mothers will experience this at night. The stomach tightens unconsciously, becomes hard for a while, and then relaxes and softens. However, this is false labor. Although it is not a normal labor pain, if it occurs regularly at the same time every day, it means that it is coming soon.

3. Seeing spotting. For example, if you feel something sticky down there and then you discover a large pink area, this is seeing spotting. Seeing spotting means you’re two or three days away from delivery, or even sooner, and you could give birth on the same day.

4. If your amniotic fluid breaks and you feel a warm current flowing out, it means your amniotic fluid has broken. In this case, you should go to the hospital immediately because without amniotic fluid, the baby will suffer from hypoxia. To be safe, let the doctor take care of it. Be sure to lie flat on the way to the hospital to prevent more amniotic fluid from leaking out.

5. Contractions. Once the contractions start, it means you may give birth in about 24 hours. It’s really fast. The pain at the beginning is like dysmenorrhea, which you can feel but is bearable, and it occurs every 20 minutes to half an hour. At this time, you can still chat with your family while feeling the pain. Your stomach will feel tight when it hurts, but it will only last for a few seconds. However, as time goes by, the pain will become more and more severe and last longer, lasting about half a minute, and then returning to normal. The interval between each pain will slowly increase to 10 minutes or 8 minutes, and you can prepare for delivery. When the interval between pains is 5 minutes, your pain will become unbearable.

6. Back pain. Some expectant mothers do not have much stomach pain, but severe back pain. This is also a sign of delivery. I have seen several mothers boasting that giving birth did not hurt at all, but their backs ached.