Why do women have to shave before giving birth?

Being a mother is not easy. Not only does it hurt for women to give birth, but they also have to face many embarrassing things, such as internal examination, catheter insertion, side incision and suturing, etc. Among them, one of the most embarrassing things for pregnant women is It is "shaving", the technical term is skin preparation. What is skin preparation?

Skin preparation means that those who need surgery must remove hair and clean the epidermis at the corresponding parts of the surgery in preparation for surgery. After skin preparation, a series of disinfection measures including skin cleaning are required, and the skin needs to be wiped with iodophor before surgery. Pregnant women need to clean the hair in their private parts before giving birth, but this can also make people feel shy. Three mothers recounted their skin preparation process

Mother Xiaojuan: I had a caesarean section when I gave birth to my baby. Although I had already considered a series of issues before delivery, and also learned about some pre-delivery issues through friends’ reports. things to do. But on the day the baby was born, the nurse said to me without any emotion: "Get on the stage, take off all your pants, and spread your legs." ?Then when I was shaving with a mask and a disposable men's razor, I still awkwardly turned my head to one side. It was really embarrassing to have such a private part touched by others.

Baby mom Xiao Li: I’ve learned before that good sisters need to prepare their skin when they give birth, so I’m more or less prepared. Although I still feel awkward when shaving as a nurse, but I comforted myself, everyone had to go through this step anyway, and it was over. But after all my fur was shaved off, I suddenly felt like a stripped hen. When I walked out, I had an embarrassing feeling of being naked. It felt very uncomfortable to be cold down there.

Baby mom Xiao Wang: I heard before that cesarean section requires shaving. I thought for a while that I definitely didn’t need this step to prepare for a natural birth, and I never took it seriously. But before delivery, the nurse still performed skin preparation for me. I also specifically asked the doctor, does skin preparation also need to be done for vaginal delivery? The doctor said that skin preparation is required for any surgery to prevent infection. Oops, this is embarrassing. The moment I lay on the treatment table with my legs spread apart, I really felt a sense of powerlessness at the mercy of others. I thought that there would be no need to shave after a natural birth. In order to prevent embarrassment, I started to control and exercise in various ways after I became pregnant. It turned out that the natural birth was also Prepare the skin. Then all my previous preparations turned into ignorant ridicule. Why prepare skin?

Caesarean section: For pregnant women who have had a caesarean section, the doctor needs to make an incision in the lower abdomen to remove the child from the abdomen. It is inevitable that there will be blood and sewage in the lower part. If the hair remains, bacteria will breed and cause wound infection. Therefore, pregnant women having a caesarean section must prepare their skin. The main purpose of skin preparation is to reduce the number of bacteria on the skin, thereby reducing the risk of postoperative incision infection.

Natural delivery: Many mothers will think? I want to give birth naturally and there will be no incision. Why do I need to prepare the skin? ?Most mothers who give birth naturally will have this doubt. So why do mothers who give birth need to shave? In fact, most mothers who have a natural birth need to undergo a lateral incision during the vaginal delivery process. Otherwise, the vaginal opening will be easily torn when the child is born. Therefore, most doctors will perform a lateral incision on the mother to allow the child to be born smoothly without causing tears. Therefore, skin preparation is more important for mothers who give birth naturally. Originally, the lower part is relatively moist and difficult to recover. Therefore, skin preparation can help the wound heal as quickly as possible, and on the other hand, it can also reduce bacterial infection. There have been some mothers who were unable to recover after surgery. If it is good, the wound will need to be sutured again, which is simply miserable.

A mother’s embarrassment was completely experienced during her pregnancy and childbirth, from being greedy in the early stages of pregnancy, to going to the toilet in the second trimester, to her constant weight gain, and her beautiful skin. The floor was stretched open by fat, the skin preparation and inspection before delivery, the screaming during delivery, and what was even more embarrassing, meeting a male doctor and so on. A series of embarrassments started from pregnancy, so mom is really great. Mom has been in superhuman mode since she was pregnant. With the purpose of not being afraid of anything but the baby, she is moving towards greatness step by step. Motherly love runs away.