Chapter 76 The pain of contractions

During the delivery process, the mother needs to go through three "delivery stages", namely uterine contractions, delivery and postpartum placenta delivery.

Among them, uterine contraction is the first stage of labor, which lasts the longest and is the most painful, often taking 6-12 hours, and sometimes even longer.

If it weren't for the mother's hope for the life of her fetus, this long-lasting pain would be enough to destroy any sane human being.

Many uninformed people think that the "pain" of natural childbirth only occurs at the moment of delivery. Therefore, in the context of modern medicine, many people choose cesarean section because they can be anesthetized and think that they can give birth to the baby while sleeping.

But in fact, the most painful torture is during the contraction process.

Moreover, whether it is a natural birth or a caesarean section, this experience is required.

Even because the caesarean section increased the wound, this pain would be mixed with the pain of the wound healing...

Uterine contractions occur because during normal pregnancy, the uterus is stretched by the fetus. After the fetus is delivered and leaves the mother's body, the uterus needs to return to its normal size of about a fist.

During this process, the uterus needs to contract continuously, one after another, until it returns to normal.

Not only is it long, but it is also painful and very torturous.

When Aunt Meng was sent here, she already showed signs of premature birth and was now only going through the first stage - uterine contractions.

"Don't be afraid. The pain now is very normal. The interval between births is also quite long, so the most important thing now is to relax, don't be anxious or afraid, and save your energy for the birth."

Xia Tian recalled the knowledge she had learned about childbirth bit by bit, and calmly comforted Aunt Meng, "If the pain lasts longer, or if you feel any other discomfort that makes it hard to breathe, tell me. I will stay by your side."

The middle-aged woman nodded weakly and lay on the bed watching the girl busy in and out.

Stone knives, hot water, animal skins, hay, bone soup...

Everything was prepared one by one. The hay was spread under Aunt Meng's body, and the rest was roasted and disinfected over the fire and placed within Xia Tian's reach.

Because of their gender, Si Ye and Xiao He stayed outside, ready to deal with anything that might happen outside at any time.

It was already late at night. Xia Tian calculated in her mind that three hours had passed, but Aunt Meng's cervix was still less than one finger dilated and her amniotic fluid had not yet broken. It was far from meeting the standards for a natural birth.

She looked up at the starry sky and felt that she might have to fight all night.

While Aunt Meng was still relatively awake and had some strength, Xia Tian fed her some bone soup to supplement her nutrition. "I just checked and we still need to wait a little longer. Can you drink some soup first? Or do you have the strength to get out of bed and walk around?"

Aunt Meng drank the soup in small sips. Her body seemed to have recovered from the moment she was brought here. She shook her head and said, "I can't get up. I'll just lie down like this..."

Xia Tian didn't force herself. She quietly cleaned up the dishes and drank some soup to replenish her energy.

Everything was quiet and it was late into the night.

"ah--!"

Suddenly, a scream of pain pierced the night sky.

Xia Tian was startled and ran to Aunt Meng to check the situation. She found that her cervix was already dilated to three fingers and she was ready to give birth.

She gave Aunt Meng a firm and reassuring look, took out an animal skin and asked her to bite it. "The baby will be born soon. Bite this, listen to my instructions and apply force slowly. Don't be afraid."

Aunt Meng nodded, her eyes gentle and firm.

(End of this chapter)