Anesthesia during labor.
For the first time an anesthetic was used during childbirth by the Scottish physician James Simpson, pouring half a spoonful of chloroform onto a handkerchief and attaching a woman to the nose. It was a real revolution in obstetrics. Women began to demand pain relief, and scientists began to look for the kind of anesthesia that would most closely match women giving birth. Painkillers and anesthetics are becoming safer and more effective every year.
But at the present time everyone understands the value of natural childbirth, when children are born cheerful, not stupefied by anesthetics.
Today, doctors all over the world know that the desire to avoid tearing pain is a natural desire, therefore anesthesia can play a role in natural childbirth.
WHAT IS ANESTHESIA DURING THE RODS?.
Anesthesia is recommended in such cases as:.
Long and difficult births, because the stress caused by pain can lead to a violation of chemical equilibrium. This affects the contraction of the uterus, the inflow of blood to the fetus, and can lead to the exhaustion of the mother, thereby reducing her ability to exercise;.
When the pain is greater than the mother's endurance or limits her ability to make attempts;.
When it is necessary to apply forceps to facilitate the birth of a child;.
When it is necessary to slow down dangerously fast deliveries;.
When the mother is excited so that it breaks the course of childbirth.
Reasonable use of anesthetics always requires weighing the risks and benefits they can give.
Reduce the risk to the health of the mother and child by:.
Selection of drugs with the least side effects and representing the lowest risk for the mother and child, while pacifying the pain;.
Taking the drug at a lower effective dose;.
At the optimal time during delivery. During caesarean section, anesthetics do not have time to go to a child's place in a significant amount, it takes only a few minutes between the time of anesthesia for the mother and the delivery of the baby, so the effect on the child will be minimal;.
Use of the help of an experienced anesthesiologist.
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