How to ease the fear of pregnancy and childbirth among post-80s mothers

       It is understood that currently Hospital The cesarean section rate in China is generally high, reaching an average of 60% to 70%. Even in some hospitals that actively advocate natural delivery, the cesarean section rate still accounts for more than 50%. According to the requirements of the World Health Organization, the cesarean section rate should be controlled at around 15%. In fact, determining whether an expectant mother can have a normal delivery mainly depends on four conditions during delivery: the intensity of labor, the width of the birth canal, fetus size and mental factors. And the spiritual factor often plays a key role in this.

　　Scene 1: Family members are nervous

　　Xu Qing is an only child and a first-time mother. Her family is also very nervous. They are always worried that Xu Qing does not have enough nutrition. Fish, ginseng, bird's nest... They always want to give her the best. Sometimes Xu Qing even has to eat 5 to 6 meals a day. In fact, this can easily lead to overnutrition and cause the fetus to be too heavy. Combined with her lack of exercise, she was severely overweight during her pregnancy. Xu Qing's family members were also very nervous. They were always worried about this and that. As a result, these emotions were inadvertently "infected" to the mother, causing dystocia, and she had to choose a caesarean section.

　　Scene 2: The mother is afraid of pain

　　Meng Juan is a "pregnant mother born in the 1980s". She has been pampered since she was a child and has never suffered or been tired. Therefore, she asked for a cesarean section as soon as she entered the hospital because she was "afraid of pain."”； However, her husband and parents hope that she can give birth naturally because it is more beneficial to the baby. healthy . The family even quarreled in the hospital over this matter. In the end, the doctor came forward to help communicate and reached a consensus.

　　Tell you a real birth pain

　　Many pregnant women are afraid of labor pains, especially because the theory of relativity in time will intensify and amplify those pains. Therefore, expectant mothers are often uneasy about labor pains beforehand and have lingering fears afterwards. Pain is very subjective and everyone experiences it differently. But no matter how many ways pain occurs, its purpose is only to help you give birth.

　　Nowadays, in addition to cases such as abnormal fetal position and oligohydramnios that require caesarean section, fear of pain and fear of pain have become the main reasons why expectant mothers actively request caesarean section. So, is childbirth really as unbearable as the legend says?

　　In fact, childbirth is a unique physiological process for women, as the saying goes, female Children are born with the ability to give birth, so don’t take childbirth too scary. Of course during childbirth Uterus Contractions can cause labor pains, which is a natural phenomenon and disease , the pain caused by injury is essentially different.

　　People feel pain through the cerebral cortex center nerve The role of maternal mental state and labor pain are closely related. If you are mentally nervous and fearful about childbirth, the pain will be even more severe. Therefore, pregnant women should fully understand the relevant knowledge of childbirth before giving birth, build up confidence in childbirth, learn and master the techniques of how to reduce pain during childbirth, and maintain a calm mind to welcome the arrival of childbirth.