Technique of breathing at birth

As you know, during the prenatal development of the child in the body of a pregnant woman there are certain adjustment. This process affects many physiological systems, including the respiratory system.

Indeed, the growing baby begins to still stronger pressure on the diaphragm - one of respiratory muscle separating the chest and abdominal cavities .  As a result, the lungs breathing movements are becoming more limited in space .  However, oxygen demand increases, because it is necessary not only the mother but also to develop crumbs .  To achieve this goal, there is a gradual adaptation of the respiratory system: the chest is somewhat wider, increasing the possibility of the lungs to breathe in more air after maximal inspiration (in the physiology of this feature is called the vital capacity of the lungs), breathing becomes more shallow and frequent, increasing the total amount of air " passed "through the lungs in one minute .  It is quite natural changes that allow more to saturate the blood with oxygen .  We can say that the way the respiratory system do their "duty" to you and your unborn child, and do everything possible to its normal birth .  Now your turn to come and make an effort to assist their same birth .  And for this it is necessary to pay attention all the same respiratory movements .  The fact that proper breathing during labor will not only make the process less painful and quicker, but also reduce the burden on the nascent baby .  After all, doctors often have to resort to various obstetric interventions that may affect the child .  Advance respiratory training allows safely avoid it all .

Simple breathing techniques

The first element of the respiratory technique is the so-called slow breathing under which a quiet breath through his nose and a deep slow breath through your mouth .  Before you start slow breathing to do the maximum exhalation, followed by a gradual relaxation of the respiratory muscles, in which the air gradually fills your lungs .  Exhale with a slow breathing should be one and a half - two times longer be inhalation .  For this purpose, you can carry your own account (for example, 1-2-3 - slow breath, 1-2-3-4-5-6 - a gradual exhalation), which also helps to distract during childbirth .  After each exhalation should be for a couple of seconds, hold your breath .  This breathing technique is commonly used in the very early stages of labor, but sometimes women manage to breathe in this manner throughout labor .  Yet more often at strengthening contractions slow breathing does not allow us to cope with pain .  In this case, you must change tactics and use rapid breathing .  Such a method is very similar to the breath of a dog: very often superficial breaths .  Before accelerated breathing useful to do exactly the same deep breath, a slow breath and before .  Many women are easier to breathe through the mouth, folded tube .  The duration of the inspiratory or expiratory should not be longer than a second, usually even faster tempo .  To avoid too dry up the oral mucosa during rapid breathing need to press the tongue against the inner surface of the upper front teeth .  In severe bouts of breathing rates should be alternated: in the beginning of the fight breathe a slow version, at the peak of the intensity of the move to accelerate at the end of the bout once again return to the slow breathing .

When the baby's head has dropped to the level of the cervix, but the cervix is ​​not yet sufficiently disclosed, used the mixed type of breathing in which 3-4 superficial breaths that follow immediately after each other, a deep end and a sharp exhalation. When attempts to start, take a deep breath, then take a deep breath and then connect to the power of abdominal muscles and diaphragm, guiding force of his attempts in the crotch area. To restore breathing, doing breathing movements exclusively chest muscles, and allowing your collarbones, but not "let go" diaphragm. After attempts to pass a slow breath, quickly returned to power for another attempts.

Of course one familiar with the breathing exercise enough, they must study day (but not more than ten minutes per day). In addition, it should be "rehearsing" births at least five minutes a day, ensuring the correctness of his breath. This would bring the breathing technique to automatism and far easier for childbirth.

Zhiguli Andrew

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