Normal & Painless Delivery

Normal & Painless Delivery

Painless normal delivery or delivery with labor analgesia (Epidural) is a technique where very specific concentration of drug is used. Although the drug reduces the pain, it maintains the ability to push your baby out through the birth canal. A needle and a very thin plastic tube (epidural catheter) are involved in this technique.The drug to reduce your pain is continuously administrated through this tube with the help of aninfusion pump.The primary aim of the epidural is to reduce the pain of contractions to an acceptable level. Epiduralanalgesia usually, alsoreduces the pain completely when your baby is delivered.

Advantages of Epidural Analgesia or Painless Normal Delivery –

• Less postpartum complications: By alleviating pain, it allows the mother to focus on the delivery. It is an aid for relaxation and can prevent exhaustion and irritation experienced by most women during childbirth, thereby reducing the risk of developing postpartum complications.
• Relaxes the muscles while delivery:Epidural analgesiahelpsthe baby descend easily by relaxing the pelvic and vaginal muscles.
• Lowers blood pressure of the mother: It also helps in lowering the blood pressure of the mother, which otherwise can rise to dangerous levels during labour./li>
• Beneficial for mothers with cardiac complications:Heavy pain may affect those mothers who have a history of cardiac complications or who are experiencing heart problem. In such cases, the painless delivery will be favourable.
• Less secretion of stress hormones: Due to the excessive torment and pain, the mother secrets more stress hormones which cause a great deal of irritation and distress to the child as well as the mother. Since, Epidural analgesiareduces the pain and torment, the amount of hormones produced will be very less and hence,both mother and child can be comfortable.