What Are Early Labor Signs?

With the maturity of the fetus and the gradual approach to childbirth, a series of changes in the mother's mental state, general conditions, reproductive organs and pelvis have occurred to meet the needs of the fetus and the fetus.

Signs of childbirth

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With the maturity of the fetus and the gradual approach to childbirth, a series of changes in the mother's mental state, general conditions, reproductive organs and pelvis have occurred to meet the needs of the fetus and the fetus.

Chinese name

Signs of childbirth

Foreign name

fenmianzhengzhao

Sex

Female

With the maturity of the fetus and the gradual approach to childbirth, a series of changes in the mother's mental state, general conditions, reproductive organs and pelvis have occurred to meet the needs of the fetus and the fetus.

Some things can happen in the weeks to days before the start of childbirth. You can use these signs of childbirth to roughly predict your childbirth time. However, there is no reliable way to predict the exact time of delivery. The uterine floor is down. The uterine floor will fall about two weeks before the delivery. At this time, the upper abdomen will feel relaxed, and the breathing will become smoother than before. A little bit more. There is a feeling of compression in the lower abdomen. Due to the fall, the part that will be exposed first during delivery has fallen to the entrance of the pelvis, so the lower abdomen swells and the bladder is compressed. At this time you will feel backache, leg pain, inconvenient walking, and frequent urination. Seeing the last few weeks of red pregnancy, cervical secretions increase and conscious leucorrhea increases. The secretions of a normal cervix are viscous fluids, which usually form a mucus plug in the cervix, which can prevent bacteria from invading the uterine cavity. This secretion is more and more viscous during pregnancy. With the regular contraction of the uterus, this mucus plug is discharged with the contraction at the beginning of labor; there is also a small amount of bleeding due to the separation of the fetal membrane from the uterine mouth and the uterine wall. This bleeding is mixed with uterine mucus plugs and is excreted from the vagina, known as redness. Redness is a reliable sign that labor is about to begin. If the amount of bleeding is greater than usual, you should consider whether there is an abnormal condition, which may be premature abruption of the placenta, and you need to go to the hospital immediately for examination. Amniotic fluid flows out of the broken vagina, commonly known as "broken water". Because the uterus contracts strongly, the pressure in the uterine cavity gradually increases, the uterine opening is wide, the head is lowered, causing the membrane to rupture and the amniotic fluid flowing from the vagina. At this time, it is not far from birth. Abdominal throbbing pain in the abdomen usually lasts for 30 seconds, with an interval of 10 minutes. Later, the pain time gradually increases, and the interval time shortens, which is called regular pain.

Before delivery, amniotic fluid is also broken. Amniotic fluid flows from the vagina after the amniotic membrane ruptures in the womb. Breaking water is a necessary condition for childbirth. "Pre-break water" means that there is no warning, and amniotic fluid flows out like urine. The following complications should be prevented when the water is broken in the early stage: umbilical cord prolapse, infection and inflammation, placental dissection, premature delivery. Among them, umbilical cord prolapse is the most dangerous, but the probability of occurrence is only 0.3% to 0.6%.

"High-level water-breaking" Because the ruptured position of the water-breaking amniotic membrane is high, the amount of amniotic fluid coming out is also small. Far away from the uterine mouth is the "high water break".

High water break

Because the place near the bottom of the uterus is broken, only a small amount of amniotic fluid flows out, and it is difficult to distinguish between urine and urine at the moment. Unlike urine, the mother cannot control her amniotic fluid discharge. If you feel that "something" is coming out, you must check up as soon as possible.

Break water

The amniotic membrane at the uterine mouth is broken, and the amount of amniotic fluid flowing out will be large, but it will not completely flow out. The environment of the fetus in the placenta will not immediately dry out, so there is no need to be nervous, and it is best to stay calm. Distinguish amniotic fluid from urinary fluid. It is easy to distinguish amniotic fluid and urine when there is a large amount of broken water in the anus. If you cannot distinguish between them, you can press the vicinity of the anus vigorously. What can stop is urine and what can't stop is amniotic fluid.

Body movement

When the body is still, the amniotic fluid will stop flowing; when the body moves, the amniotic fluid will also flow out. Therefore, the vagina can be contracted, and it is urine that stops after contraction.

colour

The color of the amniotic fluid is transparent, mixed with red, showing a pale pink. Amniotic fluid is sometimes mixed with green color. The reason for the green color is fetal stool (feces of the fetus). The fetal stool flows out with the amniotic fluid, which indicates that the fetus is likely to be choked and very dangerous. You must contact the hospital immediately.

normal

Colorless and transparent, mixed with a small amount of blood, it turns pale pink.

Danger

Green and cloudy.

Use of taste

Urine has an odor of ammonia, and broken water does not.

Wash after breaking water

After understanding the concept of water breaking, the first thing you should do is wipe it with a paper towel or a clean towel. To prevent infection, go to the hospital as soon as possible. At the same time, in order to prevent the exposed umbilical cord from prolapsed, you can lie down and use a pillow to raise your waist, and your family should use a car to take the mother to the hospital. If the amniotic fluid has not been broken, even if the family is very close to the hospital, they cannot walk alone. To clean the amniotic fluid:

Wipe with paper towel

You can use a night-use sanitary napkin with a very good absorption capacity. Prepare more before breaking the water.

Wipe with towel

When there is no paper towel around, you can choose to wipe with a towel, but you must use a clean towel to prevent infection.

Cover your waist with a bath towel

If the amount of amniotic fluid is large, the body will flow a lot with a little movement. At this time, paper towels and towels are not enough. When the body is moving, you can use paper towels or towels, try to stay still, and wrap your waist with a bath towel.

Things to do and cannot do after breaking water

The position of the uterus after breaking the water is very low and it is susceptible to bacterial infection, which will affect the fetus. If there is little amniotic fluid, the fetus will easily press the uterus and it will be very painful. Therefore, the best things you should not do after breaking the water are:

No bath allowed

To prevent bacterial infection of the fetus, do not go to the hospital and go directly to the hospital.

Don't move around

The movement of the body will cause the amniotic fluid to continuously flow out. Try not to move when you go to the delivery hospital. Even if your location is very close to the delivery hospital, you must take it by car.

Precautions

keep clean

Use paper towels and dry towels to clean out the amniotic fluid that flows out. When there is a large amount, use a bath towel to wrap around the waist to avoid staining other clothes.

Contact the hospital

Even if the water break occurs at night, you must contact the hospital in a timely manner, explain your situation, and follow the doctor's instructions to take measures. When the doctor decides to let himself go to the hospital, he can go to the hospital with the help of his family. Things to be clear on the phone: whether there is pain in the time of pregnancy, whether the pain is broken at intervals, whether there is bloodshot color, ask the doctor what to do at this moment.

Don't panic

It is easy to make mistakes in chaos. Be sure to tell yourself, "Water breaking is one of the processes that must go through childbirth, and I can do it." Everyone's situation is different. At what time, water breaking varies from person to person, so it is not necessary panic.