How painful is it to open your fingers at the palace entrance?

The mother who is close to giving birth has a particularly complicated mood. On the one hand, they want to quickly unload their big burdens and immediately embrace their little life that they have been looking forward to for ten months. On the other hand, they are afraid of the unknown childbirth process.

Most mothers are afraid of giving birth because of pain. Every mother is great. For the smooth and safe birth of babies, mothers have to endure contractions that others can't imagine. Today, let's talk about how painful it is to open your fingers at the mouth of the palace.

? Open your fingers at the mouth of the palace

Some mothers may not know what it means to open their fingers. There is a professional name for cervix uteri called cervical dilatation. During childbirth, the cervix will gradually expand with the progress of labor until it is wide enough for a normal-sized fetus to pass through.

Before delivery, the doctor will check the parturient to judge the degree of cervical dilatation and the decline of fetal presentation. This kind of examination is also called the mother's internal examination. Internal examination means that the doctor puts his finger into the birth canal for examination.

Usually, the external cervix can only accommodate one fingertip. After entering the labor process, the cervix will gradually expand, and the doctor will conduct an internal examination to observe the degree of cervical expansion. Medically, one finger stands for 1cm, and the cervix is fully open to 10cm, which is also called open finger.

The pain of childbirth

The reason why giving birth to a child hurts is because our uterus is constantly contracting and the uterine fibers are constantly pulling and tearing. The stimulation pain caused by uterine blood vessels will spread to our central nervous system, and we will feel severe pain.

Mothers can imagine our uterus as an inverted pear. The lowest and narrowest part of a pear is the cervix, which contains fibrous tissue thicker than muscle. Imagine that the uterine muscles operate in a push-pull manner, with the upper muscle group pushing the fetus down and the lower muscle group pulling the fetus up.

When the upper muscles contract and harden, the lower muscles become soft, relaxed and open, and the uterus will eventually change from pear to tubular shape, so that the fetus will descend smoothly. When the fetus is about to come out, it will oppress the birth canal, especially the lower part of the uterus, causing damage and stretching in the place where it is going to be Y. A series of fears such as nervousness and fear of the mother make the nerve jin nervous and aggravate the pain.

Knowing a series of problems about finger opening at the mouth of uterus, let's go back to the topic and talk about finger opening pain at the mouth of uterus. The whole delivery process begins with regular uterine contraction pain and is divided into three stages until the fetus is born. Miyaguchi finger opening is in the first stage.

The first stage: uterine dilatation

2-3 fingers

Mom feels stomachache and goes to the hospital for examination. The doctor will give them an internal examination. When the cervix is open with two and a half fingers or three fingers, mothers will enter the delivery room.

Opening the cervix 2-3 refers to the weakest pain at this stage. Mothers will feel tight and hard in the abdomen, accompanied by pain similar to dysmenorrhea. At this time, the contractions should not be too strong, and the interval will be longer.

When Mom Mo fingers 2-3, she feels the pain is mild, not so severe, just like the pain of dysmenorrhea, which is completely tolerable.

4-6 fingers

When the uterine orifice expands to 4-6 fingers, the pain will be aggravated. The duration of uterine contraction is about 30-45 seconds, the intensity varies from light to medium, and the interval is shortened to about 5 minutes.

When the mouth of the palace is opened to 2-3 fingers, mothers may still be thinking: Nothing, it doesn't hurt that much, is it completely tolerable? But at 4-6 fingers, the contractions begin to get stronger, and mothers may change their mouths. Wow, does it really hurt? .

Every mother suffers in a different way. Some mothers only have abdominal pain, and some mothers' contractions involve low back pain. If the parturient has low back pain during childbirth, then the back pain will begin to be obvious at this stage. Mom Mo remembers that the pain time was particularly obvious when the uterus was open to the five fingers during childbirth. Just like the enhanced version of dysmenorrhea, the waist was also very sore and the bullet barely persisted.

7-8 fingers

The stage when the palace mouth is open to 7-8 can be said to be the stage of collapse (the mother of the second child and the third child may barely bear it).

This stage is the active period of labor pains. In the active phase, the contraction interval is shortened, the pain time is longer and the intensity is increased a lot. Generally, the contractions in the active phase last about 3-4 minutes, and one time lasts about 1 minute. During the active period, your whole body seems to be involved in contractions, and mothers will find strong stretching above the pubic bone, accompanied by severe back pain and pelvic pressure.

It was at this stage that Mama Mo collapsed and cried when she was a child. Only one word? Pain? It's really, really painful It is tolerable in the third trimester, but the abdominal pain is not so obvious, especially the back pain. I feel like my waist is about to break.

9- 10 finger

This stage is a transitional period, which means that mothers are about to enter the second stage from the first stage of childbirth, that is, the stage of giving birth to babies.

The transition period is the most demanding part and the most painful stage in the whole delivery process, but fortunately it is also the fastest part. During the transition period, the intensity of contractions will suddenly increase, about once every 1-3 minutes, and the duration of each contraction is about1-kloc-0/.5 minutes, which is fast and strong, mom.

As the fetus crosses the bend from the uterus to YD, the mother's back pain will get worse, and the pelvis and rectum will feel strong pressure. Severe contractions may also make my mother feel cold and hot, shivering all over, and cruel contractions keep coming, completely exceeding the tolerance limit, just like being swallowed up by contractions.

Many mothers will collapse and shout at this stage. I can't! ? Or is it? I'm in pain. Do you want to play painless? Or? I really can't stand it. Do I have to have a caesarean section? Mom Mo is one of them. When she gave birth to triplets, she could still grit her teeth before the eighth finger, but the eighth finger couldn't stand it at first. Later, she collapsed, saying that she wanted to have a painless caesarean section and shouted on the delivery bed. Giving birth to a child is really painful.

These are some feelings that mothers will have when they open their fingers at the palace entrance. Childbirth can be painful, but every mother's pain is different. Some mothers may find it tolerable, while others think it is beyond the limit.

When the fetus passes 10cm in the mother's stomach, every millimeter often prolongs the mother's pain. This short 10cm will bring her 13 hours of pain, or even longer, but when you hear the baby's first cry, you will find it all worthwhile.

I am Mo Ma, the multi-platform original author of "Parenting Talent", focusing on maternity and parenting creation, with rich experience in maternity and parenting. I am concerned that Mama Mo will share more knowledge about maternity and parenting with you ~ (Image source: Internet infringement deleted)