I haven't had any children yet, but lets not kid ourselves, most women say labor hurts. Of course, some women have higher pain thresholds than others, and some very lucky women actually feel little more then discomfort in labour. But, for the rest of us, there will be pain. Remember, though, that every woman copes with it with varying amounts of help. Every woma finds it hard to remember just how bad it was, once it is all over and the cute little baby is in her arms. And, after all, it can't be that bad - otherwise nobody would have more then one baby.
Why is labour painful you ask? There are several reasons that labour is painful. Firstly, there is the pain from the muscles of the uterus working to full capacity - just as your legs hurt when you have been running up too many stairs. Then there is the stretching of the cervix, which can feel lika a bad period pain, the discomfort of the stretched ligaments that hold your pelvic bones together and the discomfort from your other muscles that might be tensing up as you try to cope with each contraction. Some Non-durg methods for Pain relief are; relaxation, warm baths, TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation), massage and aromatherapy, herbalism, accupressure and accupuncture, oeteopathy, homeopathy, reflexology, and self-hypnosis. I am not sure which of these methods work best. As I already said, I have not had a baby...yet....I will probably try the pain out although a massage sounds good!
If the subject of childbirth and pregnancy interests you, you may be interested in diagnostic medical sonography . We will be discussing pregnancy in the blogs to come. Stay tuned!
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