The last weeks of pregnancy last very long, every woman who ever went pregnant knows about this. But if a woman is to give birth for the first time, she is invariably harassed by the feeling of anxiety that she does not know how not to miss the beginning of childbirth. In the second and subsequent times, women will never have such a feeling, since she will already know that it's impossible to miss births. But information about what kind of forerunners of labor may be interesting for both primiparous women and those who have given birth.
How to know for sure that the birth began?
Let's discuss what are the true signs of the onset of labor. There are actually only two of them.
Wastage of waters. We have in mind such a case, when the amniotic bladder burst, and immediately a lot of water has poured from the woman. How, in this case, can you find out that this is the beginning of birth, and not just the leakage of water? Very simply - by the number of these very waters. If we admit they were about 2 tablespoons, this does not mean that this is a sign of beginning labor, but rather a signal to immediately contact your doctor. Since this leakage does not mean that you are about to give birth. The birth can begin in a few days, or they will be stimulated, in each case the doctor decides on the further development of events. And if you feel that the water flows out of you like a tap, then such a case can already be defined as the beginning of the birth. Since the waterless period should not exceed 24 hours, which means that a maximum of 24 hours later you will be with the baby. When you leave the water, you need to call your doctor and continue to act according to his instructions.
The beginning of recurrent bouts. It is the periodic bouts are considered one of the first signs of the onset of labor. After 30 weeks of pregnancy, a woman can often feel the so-called "false fights" (some they call "training"). They differ from the present in that they have no periodicity. For example, a fight - 10 minutes break - scrum - 30 minutes break - scrum - 5 minutes break. And also the duration of the bout is always different. If you still do not know how to understand the beginning of this birth or training fights, try to take a warm bath. It will relax your muscles and if the contractions are false, then they will stop, and if the present ones do not. The same applies to sleep. With false battles, you can fall asleep. With real ones, too, you can, but not for long, because breaks in the battles will be reduced, and the battles themselves become longer. If you have fights with a periodicity of 5 minutes or less, and the fight itself lasts 1 minute or more - go to the hospital.
What other signs of a quick meeting with the baby?
There are also indirect signs of starting births, that is, how to feel the onset of birth can not yet, but having discovered one of the signs, one can already wait for the birth itself from day to day.
- Belly down. Most often, in primiparas, the abdomen falls 2 weeks before the birth. But it is not uncommon for a stomach to descend, and labor can begin in a month. Or vice versa, the stomach seems to be on the spot, but there is a generic activity. Therefore, if your stomach is down early - do not panic, you have enough chances to reach the deadline.
- Departure of the cork. Cork, as a rule, goes out a few days before delivery, and can go out for a week. But in half the cases, the mother does not see this stopper, because 50% of the women go out with the water.
- Another way, how can you know that the birth began (more precisely, what will soon begin) is nesting. That is, a woman wakes up instincts, and she has a desire to wash the whole apartment, buy a bunch of things, etc.
- Weight loss. Gynecologists note that a few weeks before the birth (most often for two), the woman stops gaining weight. And a few days before they can even lose a couple of kilograms.