Should women prefer Painless Normal Delivery:
Normal delivery has many advantages including least recovery time for mothers and so least hospital stay. However, it is not always preferred by mothers also due to excruciatingly painful birthing process involved in the normal delivery. What if we can make the normal delivery painless. You are correct, painless normal delivery option for mothers is available.
Dr Uma Mishra, MBBS, MD, Gynecologist explained that mother will not be surprised to know that this pain-management procedure or painless delivery is now in increasing trend and worldwide more than 50% of the expecting mothers chose it now.
Fear towards natural birthing is obvious for First-time mothers. Earlier elective C-section was the frequently chosen safe alternative available to women but now with the advancement of modern medicine your Gynecologist can reduce pain during your childbirth significantly down to comfortable level. This delivery method is called Painless delivery and also known as Epidural analgesia because of use of epidural for pain management.
What is Painless Delivery?
Dr Uma Mishra leading Gynecologist of Noida has performed a number of painless deliveries at reputed hospitals of India. She says that painless delivery is possible through effective pain management during delivery which is based on the concept of regional anaesthesia or Epidural Anaesthesia. It very effectively provides pain relief during normal delivery or labor without appreciable side effects. Epidurals are known to eliminate the pain of contractions during delivery. Mothers however remain conscious, awake and alert during the birth. That is the reason it is considered as the safest method of pain control during delivery.
Is Administering Epidural Anaesthesia Painful?
An epidural is injected directly into epidural space through your spine via a catheter. It means. epidural dose is injected on the lower back of the mother. It starts working in around 15 minutes.
To explain it briefly, epidural space is between the ligament and the membrane covering the spinal cord. Continuous medication may be administered in epidural space through this catheter. Other question asked by mothers is whether there is severe pain during epidural injection or administering process. Although, you may feel pressure or momentary pain while epidural gets administered, however, some women may even not feel any noticeable pain during epidural injection. So, nothing to worry about epidural injections or anaesthesia when it is under guidance of expert Gynaecologist.
The advantages of epidural
- More and more women are likely to choose normal delivery or natural childbirth if it is painless. Hence, it is likely to bring down elective C-section’s requirements.
- Bearing the labor pain is considered the most difficult part of pregnancy and epidurals help in ensuring almost no pain during delivery, making the delivery a pleasant experience
- Relaxation due to least or no pain and reduction in labour anxiety and so less post-partum complications are the obvious benefits of painless labor.
- Pelvic and vaginal muscles are relaxed through epidurals, and it makes the delivery process easier for mother as well as for baby
- Helps in B.P. Management during labor
- All advantages of normal or natural childbirth
Are there any risks and side effects of epidural painless labor?
While the epidural is completely safe, a few mothers may complaint manageable symptoms such as breathing problems, nausea, back pain, etc. In a very few cases, migraine-like headaches may be observed. The labour duration increases with epidural in some cases by up to 2 hours of time which bothers some of the mothers. Further, feeling very less or no sensation towards urination and also due to catheter trouble in passing urine is also one of the inconvenience felt by mothers.
Conclusion:
Painless labor is obviously emerging as one of the most preferred delivery options, however, there may be a few limitations or special considerations which vary from women to women, which you should discuss with your Gynecologist.
Dr Uma Mishra, MBBS, MD is one of the best Gynecologist in Noida who has qualification, skill and experience of a number of painless labor successfully. Consult the trusted Gynecologist to plan your delivery in trouble free and pain free way to make your journey of motherhood even better and joyful.