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The Second Stage of Labour |
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The Second
Stage of Labour
(Pushing; and Then More
Pushing)
AThe second stage of labor is when everyone goes into
action, including you. After waiting around for hours and
hours, you finally have a job to do as your baby movies into
the birth canal and you experience an insistent urge to "get
it out". With your cervix fully dilated and every instinct
telling you to push, your body will help things along by
sending you Ultimate Contractions of about 60 seconds in
duration and two or three minutes apart in frequency. Your
midwife of doctor will help you along and tell you when
pushing is a good idea. |
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(Sometimes the urge to push comes a
little early, before the cervix is fully dilated. Remember
every movie you ever saw where a woman gives birth? She
declares, "I want to push!" and the doctor invariably orders
her, "Don't push!" Then, about three seconds later, he says,
"Okay, push." And a baby is born. All I can figure out is
that he hasn't gotten his gloves on yet, and wants to roll
up his cuffs. Anyway, sometimes the urge to push appears a
bit before your body and the baby are ready and positioned
correctly, in which case, your midwife or doctor will ask
you to hold off for a bit.)
The second stage of labor usually takes a couple of hours for
new moms; women who have already had children may shorten that
time somewhat. After all, they've paid their dues and should be
able to get out a little earlier than a mere novice, right?
With the contractions and pushing, the baby is moved along the
birth canal until finally Baby's head shows. This is called
"crowning" because you can see the crown of Baby's head (well,
in the mirror, anyway) and it means your labor is practically
finished. You will feel your vagina stretching splendidly as the
baby moves out. If your baby is big or your body small, your
doctor may have done an episiotomy before the baby makes an
entrance. In an episiotomy, the doctor injects a local
anesthetic and widens the vaginal opening surgically, which
prevents the vagina from tearing when the baby's head is larger
than your vgina can stretch on its own. Once the baby is born,
the doctor puts in a few stitches to return the vagina to its
usual width. With the classic final push, the baby slides out
and you feel a great sense of relief. But that's not all! Now
that your baby is born, this brings us to:
Stages of Labor Sections of Interest
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