2am
Wow, its 2am and i'm still in computer room.
Good things is that i achieve the aims i set for myself today, in terms of study.
I could have done more i guess if i didn't sleep for the whole afternoon, but then i won't be able to stay up this late either.
815 tut tomorrow.
I mite make 2mr into another easy day...days like this is awesome.
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I saw a few vaginal deliveries lately, and really, mothers do go through a lot when we are born.
Each labour process takes hours, seriously, especially for the first timers.
How does it start?
You get regular contractions, which becomes more and more often and stronger, until about 3 contractions per minute. That's when you enter labour. The contractions are uncomfortable at first, and women complain of feeling like they want to take a dump. The cervix, the structure at the end of the vagina, also contracts and starts dilating painfully slowly at 1cm per hour, from closed to 10cm (fully dilated)
The membrane also ruptures at some point and that's called colloquially breaking waters. Fluid of course comes out.
Labour is divided into 3 stages - the first stage has a slow, fast and peak phase. The first phase, is as i described, slow. The fast phase becomes more painful regularly and the cervix gradually widens at 1cm per hour. The woman at this time will become very uncomfortable, even painful, and will probably start moaning, sweating and really, in pain. By the end of the fast stage, the woman is probably screaming in pain every few minutes for about 40 seconds. The head of the baby of course starts to descend as well.
Finally the cervix widens completely and the head starts to enter the vaginal canal. This is the end of the first stage, and the woman now enters the second stage of labour. She now feels this overwhelming sensation to take a dump cos the baby's head is contracting on her rectum, and she now can actively push the baby out. Painfully slowly tho. Remember, every contraction and everytime she pushes she has to stretch her tissues - which is VERY VERY VERY painful. Its probably the same pain as when you shove a cup up your arse, for those guys out there. Yes, it looks just as painful, even though i'm lucky enough to not to have to ever experience it (fingers crossed.....><") All this time there's this mucuos/blood fluid called "show" coming out of the vagina as well - sticky, red...
The second stage then proceeds quickly, about 2 hours compared to the 12 hours that the first stage would have taken. Yes, imagine, having regular painful contractions for 12 hours just so the baby can rotate and get squeezed out by the uterus. Of cus some women, especially the experienced ones, are faster, but this is not something one usualyl controls (unless you give drugs of cus). Imagine how exhausted they must be.
So the 2nd stage of labour proceeds, the baby's head descending through the vagina and comes out into the real world! The head must come out slowly, as the woman is now actively pushing it out (it apparently seems like she is trying to pass out this VERY VERY VERY VERY huge dump that jus wouldn't come out, since as i described, there is pressure on the rectum). Once the head is out, the baby then rotates around so that the shoulders can fit through the pelvis, and then out pops the baby. This is when you need to catch the baby and the baby comes out, covered in white slime (can't remember the name of the slime), attached to the cord, and you bring the baby to the mother to hold. THe mother is not happy, since the baby is out and most of the pain is gone. NOTE THAT I SAY MOST.
So the cord is clamped and cut, and the baby is now totally out. But wait. The mother now enters the 3rd stage of labour. What!? more labour!? the baby is out!? ya, but the placenta is still inside. The mother now needs to push the placenta out as well. And again, i'll leave it to your imaginations as it again looks like she needs to take a large large dump, but since its smaller than the baby its considerably less pain for her. And this time you can help by pulling on the cord slowly to pull out the placenta, making sure that you don't leave any behind in the uterus (which would cause bleeding) and that you don't rupture the membranes either. And now you can look at the placenta for other abnormalities, and when you are happy, put it in a bag and give it to the mother to take home!! (if she so desireS).
Can you see the pain? Feel the pain? Imagine the pain?
MAny of you (not me) have probably watched videos of animals giving birth. Well i duno how that looks like...its easier to imagine the pain when the animal is a fellow human.
Labour, amazing stuff....
I guess the only thing in common with helen clark is the amount of redness and blood involved....
^^"
nites people....the above is only about 1/10th of the stuff i studied in the last 2hours, and i wasn't even studying hardout.........=.=" and of cus most of it came from observations from the 12 hour shifts in the delivery suite from webnesday till yesterday...................
Mum........you really have suffered....................
Good things is that i achieve the aims i set for myself today, in terms of study.
I could have done more i guess if i didn't sleep for the whole afternoon, but then i won't be able to stay up this late either.
815 tut tomorrow.
I mite make 2mr into another easy day...days like this is awesome.
==============================
I saw a few vaginal deliveries lately, and really, mothers do go through a lot when we are born.
Each labour process takes hours, seriously, especially for the first timers.
How does it start?
You get regular contractions, which becomes more and more often and stronger, until about 3 contractions per minute. That's when you enter labour. The contractions are uncomfortable at first, and women complain of feeling like they want to take a dump. The cervix, the structure at the end of the vagina, also contracts and starts dilating painfully slowly at 1cm per hour, from closed to 10cm (fully dilated)
The membrane also ruptures at some point and that's called colloquially breaking waters. Fluid of course comes out.
Labour is divided into 3 stages - the first stage has a slow, fast and peak phase. The first phase, is as i described, slow. The fast phase becomes more painful regularly and the cervix gradually widens at 1cm per hour. The woman at this time will become very uncomfortable, even painful, and will probably start moaning, sweating and really, in pain. By the end of the fast stage, the woman is probably screaming in pain every few minutes for about 40 seconds. The head of the baby of course starts to descend as well.
Finally the cervix widens completely and the head starts to enter the vaginal canal. This is the end of the first stage, and the woman now enters the second stage of labour. She now feels this overwhelming sensation to take a dump cos the baby's head is contracting on her rectum, and she now can actively push the baby out. Painfully slowly tho. Remember, every contraction and everytime she pushes she has to stretch her tissues - which is VERY VERY VERY painful. Its probably the same pain as when you shove a cup up your arse, for those guys out there. Yes, it looks just as painful, even though i'm lucky enough to not to have to ever experience it (fingers crossed.....><") All this time there's this mucuos/blood fluid called "show" coming out of the vagina as well - sticky, red...
The second stage then proceeds quickly, about 2 hours compared to the 12 hours that the first stage would have taken. Yes, imagine, having regular painful contractions for 12 hours just so the baby can rotate and get squeezed out by the uterus. Of cus some women, especially the experienced ones, are faster, but this is not something one usualyl controls (unless you give drugs of cus). Imagine how exhausted they must be.
So the 2nd stage of labour proceeds, the baby's head descending through the vagina and comes out into the real world! The head must come out slowly, as the woman is now actively pushing it out (it apparently seems like she is trying to pass out this VERY VERY VERY VERY huge dump that jus wouldn't come out, since as i described, there is pressure on the rectum). Once the head is out, the baby then rotates around so that the shoulders can fit through the pelvis, and then out pops the baby. This is when you need to catch the baby and the baby comes out, covered in white slime (can't remember the name of the slime), attached to the cord, and you bring the baby to the mother to hold. THe mother is not happy, since the baby is out and most of the pain is gone. NOTE THAT I SAY MOST.
So the cord is clamped and cut, and the baby is now totally out. But wait. The mother now enters the 3rd stage of labour. What!? more labour!? the baby is out!? ya, but the placenta is still inside. The mother now needs to push the placenta out as well. And again, i'll leave it to your imaginations as it again looks like she needs to take a large large dump, but since its smaller than the baby its considerably less pain for her. And this time you can help by pulling on the cord slowly to pull out the placenta, making sure that you don't leave any behind in the uterus (which would cause bleeding) and that you don't rupture the membranes either. And now you can look at the placenta for other abnormalities, and when you are happy, put it in a bag and give it to the mother to take home!! (if she so desireS).
Can you see the pain? Feel the pain? Imagine the pain?
MAny of you (not me) have probably watched videos of animals giving birth. Well i duno how that looks like...its easier to imagine the pain when the animal is a fellow human.
Labour, amazing stuff....
I guess the only thing in common with helen clark is the amount of redness and blood involved....
^^"
nites people....the above is only about 1/10th of the stuff i studied in the last 2hours, and i wasn't even studying hardout.........=.=" and of cus most of it came from observations from the 12 hour shifts in the delivery suite from webnesday till yesterday...................
Mum........you really have suffered....................
thanks, moo
ReplyDeletei DEFINITELY am NOT going to have a baby, even if its caesarean or normally.