Is it better to see the red before labor or to break the water first? What is the difference?

Usually, pregnant mothers always hear about three symptoms before labor, namely redness, contractions and water bursting. As long as these symptoms appear, it means that the baby will be born soon, and the pregnant mother will soon end her pregnancy career and enter another stage of her life.

Let's start with three reliable prenatal symptoms. Symptoms one, see red.

Seeing red means that one or two days before labor, pregnant mothers will find a small amount of blood on N pairs of pants, maybe only one or two drops, maybe a little more, but not too much. This is because the fetal membrane near the cervix is separated from the uterine wall, which leads to the rupture of capillaries there and the outflow of blood from the Y channel.

Some pregnant mothers will see pink, some pregnant mothers will see brown, and some pregnant mothers will see jelly-like secretions mixed with cervical mucus plugs, but they are all normal phenomena.

Remember, the amount is small, much less than the normal monthly J.

Symptom 2, uterine contraction

Contraction, also known as labor pains, is the pain caused by uterine contraction. Before the baby is born, the uterus will contract regularly, at the same time, the cervical canal will become soft, short and flat, and the cervix will open, which is beneficial to the birth of the fetus.

Contractions are regular, and it doesn't hurt so much at first, but the closer you get to delivery, the more painful it will be. Contraction is bouts, so is pain.

Moreover, the time of pain is inversely proportional to the interval between contractions. The shorter the interval between contractions, the longer the pain.

The longer the parturient feels pain, the shorter the interval, and the stronger the pain, that is, the closer to delivery.

Symptom 3: breaking water

Breaking water is the rupture of the fetal membrane, and the amniotic fluid on which the fetus depends will flow out with the hole. During normal delivery, the amniotic fluid will be used as a lubricant to lubricate the birth canal and accelerate the delivery of the fetus.

Let's look at the normal invoice. The normal delivery sequence should be after the fetus matures, and then some hormones will be secreted to stimulate delivery. 1-2 days later, the pregnant mother's uterus began to contract and her stomach began to ache regularly.

When the uterus contracts, the fetus will be pressed down. When the fetus goes down, the amniotic fluid is divided into two parts, one part is under the fetal head, about 100 ml, forming an amniotic fluid sac. When the uterus contracts, the amniotic sac will stimulate cervical dilatation.

When the contraction reaches a certain level, the amniotic sac will rupture and lubricate the birth canal, and the fetus will be delivered under the action of contraction and the efforts of the parturient.

Simply put, when giving birth to a baby, you should see the red first, and then break the water.

But the situation of each parturient is different. Not all mothers will see red first. Most parturients see red first, some break water first, some don't see red at all, and directly contract and break water.

Lazy mother gave birth to two babies at first sight. The first child went to the hospital after seeing red, but the second child saw red in the morning and went to the hospital at night because she was worried that the second child would be born soon. When my sister-in-law gave birth to two babies, she broke water first. It should be said that she didn't see the red at all, and she just broke the water. It didn't take long to go to the hospital to give birth.

What's the difference between seeing red first and breaking water first? In fact, no matter which one is good, it is beyond the control of pregnant mothers, and pregnant mothers do not need to entangle this problem. If they see red first, they can't change it. If they want to break the water first, we can't stop them. Let it be.

However, different symptoms will have different effects on mother and fetus, and the treatment methods will be different:

1, urgent

If pregnant women see red first, they usually give birth after 1-2 days. Of course, due to the different constitution of each pregnant woman, some will give birth within a few hours, and some will give birth a week later. Therefore, pregnant women who see red first have enough time to wait until the onset of labor pains before going to the hospital for labor.

Before the onset of labor pains, women still have plenty of time to make some preparations, such as washing their hair, taking a bath, cooking a delicious meal and checking their luggage again.

Even some pregnant women are impatient after seeing the red, and the baby is still unwilling to come out.

But if the water is broken first, the parturient will not have much leisure. Generally speaking, the fetus will be born about 6-8 hours after the water breaks, or even three or four hours. If the home is far from the hospital, it is estimated that the baby has been born before reaching the hospital.

In order to ensure the safety of mother and baby, women who break the water first need to go to the hospital as soon as possible for labor.

2. Danger

Because pregnant women have plenty of time, even if they don't know anything, they can go to the hospital immediately after symptoms appear, or they can wait until the pain. Under normal circumstances, you can go to the hospital for labor, and you will have enough time to do various tests to ensure the safety of mother and baby. As long as the fetus is fine, the mother just needs to wait.

Women who break the water first are anxious and need to go to the hospital as soon as possible. Because the fetal membrane has been broken, if the mother does not handle it well, such as insisting on washing her hair and taking a bath, or standing hard for a long time, it will lead to the loss of amniotic fluid.

Too much amniotic fluid is lost, and the fetus will be deprived of oxygen due to insufficient amniotic fluid; It is possible that the umbilical cord will droop because it breaks the water first; It may also lead to intrauterine infection due to too long water breakthrough time, which will bring harm to mother and baby.

If the water is broken for more than 12 hours, the parturient needs medication to prevent infection, and she has to find a way to induce labor after 24 hours.

In this way, it is more dangerous to break the water first than to see the red first.

3. Different treatment methods.

It's much easier to see Hong first. Just go to the hospital to give birth. Anyway, you won't miss it. Especially for women who are pregnant for the first time, when they get to the hospital, with the guidance of doctors, they can eliminate tension and anxiety and wait for delivery more directionally.

If the water is broken first, the parturient can't walk around. She should find a clean place to lie flat on the spot and raise her hips to prevent the loss of amniotic fluid. Meanwhile, if she tries to get to the hospital, she can call her family or 120.

Without experience, many pregnant women may not even know the difference between leaking urine and breaking water. If they make a mistake, they either run to the hospital again and again, or they don't know where to go at all, which invisibly increases the risk.

And facing this kind of thing for the first time, I believe that maternity is also nervous. When she is nervous, she doesn't know what to do.

4. Seeing the red first or breaking the water first is related to the fetal physique.

After the fetus matures, it will convey the information that Ta has matured to the mother. When the mother knows, she will secrete a substance called emulsifying enzyme at the same time as the fetus. The fetus secretes in the head and the mother secretes in the birth canal.

If the fetus is in good health, it will secrete more hormones, so it will break water first; If the mother is in better health and secretes more hormones, she will see red first.

In other words, seeing the red first, the mother's physique will be better, and breaking the water first, the fetus's physique will be better.

However, in such a material-rich era, it doesn't really matter whether the fetus is healthy or not. As long as the puerperal body is well conditioned or the fetus is well cared after birth, the physique can keep up, so don't worry about it.

For the symptoms before delivery, which one comes first is beyond our control. Go to the hospital if you don't understand. However, personally, if there is a choice, it is best to choose first, so that there will be more time to arrange, and more time will not be too nervous and less dangerous. Just think about such a thing, you can't control it anyway.

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