What are the steps for water bag induction of labor?

Water bag induction of labor is actually a method of induction of labor, but we all know that induction of labor can cause great physical and mental harm to women, and water bag induction of labor can reduce these harms to a certain extent. You can also learn more about its methods and steps.

1. Pregnant women should empty their bladder, assume lithotomy position, and wash their vulva and vagina with soapy water. Then rinse it with disinfectant. Disinfect the vulva with 1:1000 Chlorhexidine gauze balls (2 pieces), spread a disinfected towel, dilate the vagina, expose the cervix, then use Chlorhexidine gauze balls (2 pieces) and Chlorhexidine tincture gauze ball (1 piece) to disinfect the vagina and cervix, and disinfect the cervical canal with 2 Chlorhexidine tincture cotton swabs. Place a piece of sterile gauze in the posterior fornix to prevent the water bag from touching the vaginal wall.

2. Insert the water bag: Coat the prepared water bag with paraffin oil, clamp the middle part of the bag with long forceps, and slowly insert it into the uterine cavity along the cervical canal until the water bag is completely placed in the uterine cavity (to the silk thread ligation point) and placed between the uterine wall and the fetal membrane sac. Do not touch the vaginal wall during the water bag placement process to prevent infection. If resistance or bleeding is encountered (touching the placenta), the direction should be changed and reinserted from the other side of the uterus.

3. Inject sterile saline solution into the cyst and inject a few drops of methylene blue into the saline. The amount of fluid injected should be determined according to the month of pregnancy. Inject 400ml in the 4th month of pregnancy and 500ml in the 5th month, but no more than 500mi. Injecting too little fluid will affect the effect of induction of labor, while injecting too much fluid may cause placental abruption or even uterine rupture.

4. After the injection is completed, fold the end of the catheter, tie it tightly, wrap it with sterile gauze and insert it into the vagina.

5. After the operation, the height of the uterine fundus was measured to check for signs of fetal abruption and internal bleeding.

6. Fill out the water bag induction labor record form.