Painless delivery, good or bad?
This debate has raged on for a while now — if you are a mom-to-be, you may even have sought advice from the Top Painless Delivery Hospital in Delhi/NCR. You are sure to have weighed in on both options and have experienced a lot of confusion.
What makes childbirth painless? It is the administration of an epidural. While many mothers to be swear by it, there are others who want to go through the whole experience of labor and delivery naturally. An epidural is an injection of an anesthetic into the spine (epidural area).
Here are some pros and cons of painless delivery.
Pros
The truth is that labor pain is the mother of all pains, and if you can experience a positive childbirth experience minus the pain — why not?
- Epidural painless delivery help a woman cope better with post-par tum depression or exhaustion better.
- An epidural helps if your baby is not facing your backbone, and is not moving from the position in which it faces the belly button.
- The epidural injection will relax your vaginal muscles and provide space for the baby to descend.
- An epidural for normal delivery means there is a dip in the blood pressure of the mother. This is a benefit, because in natural labor, the mother has high BP. Also, there are risks of the pressure reaching dangerously high levels and ending in a stroke.
- An epidural makes it easy if the doctor has to carry out a forceps delivery or when an emergency C-section is needed.
- Studies show that epidurals prevent damage that would otherwise occur to the pelvic muscles during a normal delivery.
The experts at our of the painless delivery hospital in Noida will now explain the disadvantages of an epidural.
Cons
- Epidurals could cause backache, dizziness or shivering.
- A dip in the mother’s BP during labor can lead to a slowing down of the heart beat rate in the baby. If it doesn’t return to normalcy despite drugs/fluids, a Cesarean has to be carried out.
- There is also the risk of a mother-to-be experiencing severe headaches because of the fluid of the spine leaking.
- In certain cases, albeit very rare, there are chances of irretrievable damage to the nerves.
- Some studies have suggested that babies born in a painless delivery procedure could be a little slow and pose breastfeeding problems.
- An epidural is likely to cause numbness in the lower parts of the body after delivery. You may need help while walking because of the numb feeling.
The epidural, however, remains to be the most sought-after painless delivery method. Whether you are given one or not, it helps to get yourself acquainted with the options you have ahead of D-Day.
You would also need to ask your expert about the manner in which epidurals are administered. Knowledge is power, so being prepared about the whole procedure helps. Make an Enquiry about our delivery packages or Book an Appointment with the best gynecologist.
