Some people say that giving birth by caesarean section does not hurt. Is this true?

Cesarean section does not hurt? Pregnant women, don’t be naive, it’s because you haven’t experienced these six moments!

Do you still naively think that caesarean section is not painful at all? Natural childbirth only hurts more during birth, but the pain of caesarean section is not something that can be tolerated for a while. Starting from the anesthesia, it is one after another, which makes you overwhelmed and makes you doubt your life.

Today Duoduo will tell you about the fancy pains caused by caesarean section:

1. Anesthesia

Because caesarean section requires spinal anesthesia, and the maternal fat layer The spine and spine are both thick, so the anesthesia needles are longer and thicker than normal. The longest one in China can reach 11 centimeters. An anesthesia needle of this size has to be inserted into your lower back, which makes you feel sick just by looking at it. Not only can you feel the pain of the needle inserting into your bones, but you also have to overcome the fear in your heart. Sometimes, the level of pain depends on the anesthetist's technique.

What’s even more terrible is that some pregnant women are intolerant to the ingredients of anesthetics and will still feel pain during the operation. It is not only the feeling that the doctor is cutting their belly, but also the feeling is really painful. It touches the soul directly!

2. Inserting a urinary catheter

Pregnant women who have had a caesarean section need to have a urinary catheter inserted before surgery. However, women’s urethra is relatively short, and it will be more painful when inserting a urinary catheter, especially With your first baby, this pain may be increased by the tightness and resistance in your body caused by nervousness. After inserting the urinary catheter, you may feel swelling at first, then pain. After the operation, the urinary catheter must be kept for 24 hours. The mother may accidentally pull the urinary catheter when she turns over, which is really painful. If pregnant mothers do not want to experience this pain, they can also choose to have the doctor insert a catheter after anesthesia is administered.

There will be a little pain when removing the urinary catheter. The important thing is that it will be more difficult to urinate after removing the urinary catheter, but don’t give up. You must insist on urinating. If you can’t urinate, it will still happen. The catheter was inserted again! ! !

3. Press the fundus of the uterus after delivery

Because caesarean section can easily cause weak uterine contractions, in order to help the mother's uterus contract quickly and expel postpartum congestion and lochia, nurses will do this after caesarean section. Help the mother to press her belly, usually every 15-30 minutes for 2 hours. Because when you push back from the delivery room, you will start to press the belly. If you are lucky enough to catch up with the anesthesia before it wears off, you will suffer less pain when you press the belly.

But the wound has just been sutured after the operation, and all the tissues have not grown properly. When pressing the fundus of the uterus, the wound will definitely be involved. When the pressure on your stomach and the edge of the knife collide, it really makes you feel that your life has reached its peak every minute!

A best friend cried and said that at that time, when I saw the nurse, I felt like I was struck by thunder. I even felt nervous when I saw people wearing white clothes. How big is this psychological shadow?

4. Getting out of bed for the first time after giving birth

After giving birth to the baby, doctors recommend getting out of bed as soon as possible, which can also promote gastrointestinal motility for women who have had a caesarean section and facilitate exhaust. Although you won’t feel pain with anesthesia during the operation, once the anesthesia wears off, you will feel the pain inside and out. A caesarean section requires 6-7 layers of sutures. Just thinking about it makes you feel... It hurts to the bone.

Not to mention getting out of bed, even from lying down to sitting up, you have to endure the pain of the knife edge. The heartbreaking pain is really no worse than a natural birth.

After finally moving to the bedside, I was already sweating and in pain. When my feet touched the ground and I stood up suddenly, not to mention the pain, my vision went dark and I almost fainted.

Even if it is so difficult to get out of bed, everyone from the doctor to the whole family will still advise you to get out of bed and move around more to help your body recover. You can't eat without passing gas. In order not to go hungry, you have to go on walking.

5. The wound does not grow well

If the wound caused by caesarean section does not grow well, the dressing needs to be changed, and the necrotic tissue must be removed every time before changing the dressing. When the time comes, sutures need to be performed again. Although anesthesia is usually given, the mother will still suffer for a few days after the anesthesia wears off.

6. Urinary leakage and laxity

I used to think that damage to the pelvic floor muscles would only occur during natural birth. Later I realized that whether it is a natural birth or a caesarean section, the pelvic floor muscles are damaged during pregnancy. Damage has already been caused to the underlying muscles, and the increased abdominal pressure in the third trimester of pregnancy has already caused urinary leakage problems, which are even more serious after delivery.

So after the confinement period, I started to do Kegel training with the G-Mobile app. I persisted for more than 2 months and gradually improved the problem of urinary leakage and looseness. For mothers who had a caesarean section, they should first heal the wound before exercising.

There is nothing easy about giving birth. Whether you have a natural birth or a caesarean section, there will be different pains waiting for you. Even if you choose painless delivery, it is not completely painless, but it will be reduced to the tolerance range of pregnant women. How can you see a rainbow without going through wind and rain? No one can be a mother casually.

Whether it is a natural birth or a caesarean section, you should choose the delivery method that is most beneficial to you and your baby under the guidance of a doctor, rather than blindly choosing a caesarean section because you are afraid of pain.