Prenatal signs
Release time : 03/20/2025 09:30:02
Women who are pregnant for the first time may not know much about some prenatal signs, which may cause unnecessary trouble.
Lack of understanding of pregnancy care and lack of common sense of omen have led to incidents of giving birth to children on the roadside, on trains, and even in toilets.
This will inevitably damage the health of the mother and the baby, and even kill the mother and the baby. Therefore, it is necessary to master some common sense of omen.
What are prenatal signs? There will be anxiety, tension, uneasiness, and expectation before childbirth, which will become more complicated as the expected date of delivery approaches. What are the signs before birth? Under what circumstances would you know that you were going to give birth? By understanding the prenatal signs, you can cope with them calmly.
Early people believed that labor pain and childbirth were caused by the fetus in the abdomen thinking that the environment outside the uterus was better than that inside the uterus, so it was eager to get out.
Later, we tried to explore the mystery of inducing labor pain from various angles, such as factors related to the placenta, the mother's body, immunological factors, and endocrine factors between the mother and fetus. However, we still could not propose a satisfactory explanation.
Similarly, in clinical practice, it is still impossible to predict when irregular prenatal contractions will transform into regular and intense labor pains.
So, the definition of a "contraction" at this stage is a sequence of coordinated, non-autonomous uterine contractions that results in the cervix thinning and dilating continuously until the product of conception is expelled.
What are the symptoms of labor before the birth, and when the due date approaches, it signals that the pregnant woman is about to give birth.
However, the due date is only an approximate time for the child's birth. The actual delivery date can be either earlier or later by 1-2 weeks. Therefore, it is not advisable to solely rely on the due date to determine the child's birth time. Pregnant women should consult a hospital for delivery based on some signs of labor beforehand.
These signs include: 1. An increase in urination frequency - approximately ten days before the onset of labor, the fetal presenting part descends into the pelvis, and the uterine fundus also descends, thereby compressing the bladder, resulting in a reduced capacity for urine storage, leading to an increase in urination frequency.
2. The uterine contractions were initially irregular, but gradually became regular, with increasing strength.
As labor progresses, the duration of contractions may last up to 1 minute, with intervals shortening to 1-2 minutes.
3. "Redness" or "bleeding" occurs before labor, and a small amount of bloody mucus is expelled from the vagina through the birth canal, which is referred to as "redness."
Red spots are a relatively reliable sign that labor is about to begin.
If there is a lot of bleeding or there is blood, you should also go to the hospital for examination in time.
4. When water breaks, clear fluid suddenly flows out of the vagina, sometimes containing fetal fat or meconium, which is called "rupture of membranes."
Rupture usually occurs after regular contractions begin and before delivery of the fetus.
Pregnant women with broken water should go to the hospital immediately to prevent umbilical cord prolapse and endangering the fetus.
Generally, labor occurs naturally within 24 hours after the water breaks.
Is labor pain a prenatal sign? Prenatal pain in a pregnant woman is caused by contractions of the uterus, elongation of the fetus and pressing on the birth canal. If the interval between labor pains becomes shorter and shorter, every 10 to 15 minutes and lasts for more than 30 seconds, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible to wait for labor. If it is not a mother who has given birth for the first time, if the sudden labor pains occur within 5 to 7 minutes, she must contact the doctor to prepare for labor.
In addition, since everyone's physique is different, the regularity of labor pains varies from person to person. Therefore, pregnant women who are approaching labor must calculate the interval between their labor pains. If the labor pains are regular and the pain intensifies, labor will be approaching.
In fact, it is not always easy to distinguish between false labor pains and real labor pains.
Pain is triggered by the strong contractions of the uterus, resulting in temporary hypoxia and the release of pain-inducing factors. Commonly, a woman experiences abdominal pain, backache, or lower back pain.
The whole abdomen becomes hard when in pain, but soft when not.
Real labour pains are regular and increasing in intensity. At first, they may be contractions every 10 minutes lasting 10 to 30 seconds each.
As labor progresses, contractions become more frequent at 3-4 minutes intervals, lasting 30-60 seconds each.
The intensity and duration of contraction are not reduced by massage, walking, bed rest or medication.
The most important thing is that the cervix will thin and effectively expand.
False labor is opposite to the above, uterine contractions are irregular (interval of 10-30 minutes), there is slight pain in lower abdomen, massage or moving can relieve it, but does not help to expand cervix.
At this time, the doctor will first perform an internal examination to assess the condition of the cervix. If it is still thick and not dilated, the doctor will advise the mother to return home and continue to pay attention to fetal movements. The situation will be reassessed based on the onset of contractions, and if there is any leakage or increase in bleeding, a follow-up visit will be recommended.
What is pre-labor? Pre-labor refers to the symptoms that signal imminent labor for expectant mothers.
1. False labor, a phenomenon in which the onset of labor does not occur until after the actual contractions begin, is often observed in pregnant women prior to the actual onset of labor.
It is characterized by short and unstable duration of uterine contractions, long and irregular intervals, and increased intensity ratio of uterine contractions. They often occur at night and disappear in the morning.
Uterine contractions cause slight pain in the lower abdomen, the cervical canal is not shortened, and the uterine opening is not significantly dilated. Giving sedatives can suppress false labor.
2. The fetus feels declining. Most pregnant women feel that the upper abdomen is more comfortable than before, the food intake is increased, and their breathing is light.
This is the reason why the fetal presentation descends into the pelvic entrance and the fundus descends.
3. Within 24 to 48 hours before the start of labor, due to the separation of the membrane near the inner cervical orifice from the uterine wall there, the capillaries rupture and discharge a small amount of blood through the vulva dao, mixed with the mucus in the cervical canal and discharged. It is called red. It is a relatively reliable sign that labor is about to begin.
Seeing red - Don't worry too much for expectant mothers. This situation may occur in the days before labor begins. As long as the bleeding is not exceeding the amount of a menstrual period, there is no need to panic, and one can wait. Do not rush to the hospital until regular abdominal or back pain occurs.
How to distinguish between genuine labor and false labor? Some women may experience the illusion of labor at times, or irregular contractions in the uterus.
Generally speaking, it is difficult to distinguish between genuine and false labor pains.
In a typical false labor, the contractions are irregular and less intense than in true labor.
The method of differentiation is to examine the vagina and look for changes in the cervix.
Additionally, during the contraction count, calculate the interval between two consecutive starts of contractions and continuously record for one hour.
Here are the differences between true and false births: Contractions Time Pseudo-Delivery: Irregular, the time interval will not get smaller and smaller Real Delivery: There are fixed time intervals, and the interval will get smaller and smaller as time goes by. Each time Contractions last about 30 to 70 seconds. Contractions intensity Pseudo-Delivery: Usually weak and will not get stronger.
Sometimes it intensifies, but then it turns weak again.
Real childbirth: The intensity of uterine contractions increases steadily.
Pseudo-delivery in painful areas of uterine contractions: Real delivery is usually painful only in the front: the pain starts in the back and then transfers to the front.
Reaction after exercise sham delivery: The woman stops contractions after walking or resting for a while, and sometimes even changes her position.
Real childbirth: No matter how you exercise, the contractions go as usual.
If the following conditions occur, please go to the hospital or a doctor immediately: 1) Even if no contractions occurred, the amniotic membrane ruptured and the amniotic fluid flowed out.
2)Blood flows out of the vagina, not blood mucus.
3)Contractions are steady and intensifying.
4)The mother feels that fetal activity is reduced.
* The medical part covered in this article is for reading and reference only.
If you feel unwell, it is recommended to seek medical attention immediately, and the medical diagnosis and treatment will be subject to offline diagnosis.