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We all are aware that leading a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy has an excellent effect on the wellbeing of your baby in the womb. But
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Pregnancy is dreams come true of all couples. The first time mothers are filled with apprehension and innumerable questions. They develop misconceptions and fears regarding pregnancy and labour pains. The delivery of the baby into the arms of a conscious and pain free mother is one of the exciting and rewarding moments in medical field. Expectant mothers are with the feelings of excitement, worry and also fear. One of the greatest fears is the fear of intense pain during labour.
The pain of child birth is the most severe pain most women will feel is their lifetimes.
The perception of pain during labour and delivery varies between individuals. Especially the first time mother need a proper antenatal counseling regarding good nutritious diet, antenatal exercises and physiology of labour pains. Here we shall only be dealing with labour and delivery.
Out of which epidural analgesia is the most versatile method and gold standard technique for pain control is labour.
Reason of pain during pregnancy
During the labour or delivery there is stretching of the cervix, uterus, vagina and perineum leading to stretching of nerve fibres supplying them, thus causing pain.Epidural anesthesia is an advance in pain management during labour. It is a regional anesthesia is which an anesthetic drug is injected near the spinal coral.
It numbs the body below the waist, but the movements are not impaired.
It is administered when the patient is in active labour. It can be given as a single injection or in multiple doses through a special epidural catheter by a skilled anesthetist.
It is administered only is advanced stages of labour when cervix opens to about 3-4 cms.
With a local anesthetic, a needle is passed through the space just outside the dural membrane surrounding the spinal cord, spinal nerve, roots and spinal fluid. The patient feels no pain during the whole process except the needle prick.
Effects of epidural on the baby
Normally a small dose of medication is used which does not have any effect on the baby’s behavior. The effects of the medication on the mothers body usually wears off before her breasts starts producing breast milk.
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