How to induce labor when the due date comes? What to eat when the due date comes?

Some parents are anxious when their stomachs still don’t move after the due date. Today, I will share with you some tips on how to induce labor. At the same time, I will tell you that it is normal to have a discrepancy before or after the due date. Don’t be too anxious and wait for the baby to arrive.

How to induce labor when the due date is reached

Sports stimulates

Increasing exercise for expectant mothers can help the fetus enter the pelvis, and at the same time can exercise the pelvic floor muscles and increase production power. However, it is best to find a "bodyguard" when going out for exercise to prevent sudden "emergency situations".

1. Take a walk

Walking can help the fetus descend into the pelvis, relax the pelvic ligaments, and prepare for delivery. When walking, it is best for the mother to walk, massage, and talk to the baby. Walking can be arranged twice a day, morning and evening, each time for about 30 minutes, or three times a day, morning, noon, and evening, each time for 20 minutes. It is best to choose a quiet environment for walking, without pollutants around, and do not walk on the roadside.

2. Climb stairs

Many doctors will tell expectant mothers who have passed their due date but have not had any labor yet: "Go climb the stairs!" That's right, climbing stairs can exercise the muscles of the thighs and buttocks, and help the fetus enter the pelvis, so that the first stage of labor can come as soon as possible. Mothers can climb the stairs in the apartment building at home on weekdays, and find a small hill to walk around in the afternoon. If you feel tired, take a rest in time, and pay attention to your feet and safety when going down the stairs.

Dietary induced birth

Eating the following two types of porridge during labor can help pregnant mothers to give birth more smoothly, not only speeding up the labor process, but also reducing the mother's pain. Water spinach porridge can clear away heat, cool blood, and promote diuresis. Eating it during labor can help pregnant mothers to have a smooth and easy delivery. Winter amaranth porridge can clear away heat, smooth the orifices, and facilitate delivery. Pregnant mothers should note that these two types of porridge should not be eaten during pregnancy to prevent miscarriage.

Drug-induced labor

If other methods cannot make pregnant mothers feel labor pains early, then drugs can be used to induce labor. Before using oxytocin to induce labor, pregnant mothers must undergo a series of examinations and monitoring to assess the condition of the fetus and placental function.

1. Ultrasound examination

Ultrasound examination of overdue pregnancy mainly includes the following key indicators: placental maturity, amniotic fluid volume, fetal size, and umbilical cord blood flow rate. Doctors can decide whether to give oxytocin to expectant mothers based on the examination results.

2. Obstetric examination

An experienced obstetrician can assess the maturity of the cervix (the softness of the cervix and the dilation of the external os of the uterus) through digital cervical examination of the expectant mother, and then consider whether to induce labor earlier.

Tips for inducing labor

gymnastics

Prenatal gymnastics is very popular abroad. Gymnastics can not only help the fetal head enter the pelvis, but also increase the toughness and elasticity of the pelvic floor muscles.

Pony Stance: Hold the edge of the table with your hands, stand steadily with your feet, slowly bend your knees, lower your pelvis, and naturally spread your legs and knees until they are completely bent. Then, slowly stand up and push up with your feet until your legs and pelvis are upright. Repeat several times.

Leg rowing exercise: Hold the back of the chair with your hands, fix your right leg, and rotate your left leg 360 degrees (rowing in circles). When you are done, return to the original position, change legs and continue. Do this 5 to 6 times in the morning and evening.

Waist exercise: Hold the back of the chair with your hands, inhale slowly, use your arms to exert force, stand on your toes, straighten your waist, and keep your lower abdomen close to the back of the chair. Then exhale slowly, relax your arms and return your feet to their original position. Do this 5 to 6 times in the morning and evening.

Pelvic exercise: Get on your hands and knees, inhale and bend your back, exhale while raising your head and leaning your upper body back, repeat 10 times.

Vaginal muscle exercise: Lie on your back, slowly contract your vaginal muscles, pull your buttocks up, count to five, then slowly lower yourself, repeat 10 times.

Strength exercise: Lie on your back, take a deep breath, then exhale long and hard while pushing down.

What should I do if the due date has not come yet?

1. Don't be too nervous and pay attention to the fetal movement. If the fetal movement is less than 3 times per hour or less than 20 times in 12 hours or the fetal movement is weakened, you need to go to the hospital for further examination immediately. The doctor will decide the time of delivery according to the situation.

2. Continue with prenatal checkups and give the doctor the results of early pregnancy examinations (such as B-ultrasound, blood tests, pregnancy tests, etc.) and the time and results of fetal movement, so that the doctor can check the gestational age again.

3. Strengthen prenatal examinations, shorten the interval between examinations, keep in touch with the doctor at any time, inform the doctor of the intrauterine fetal movement, and follow up the amniotic fluid volume with B-ultrasound. If there is no abnormality, the pregnancy can be continued under close monitoring.

If the due date is postponed to 14 days later, reaching the so-called clinically overdue pregnancy, the placenta of some pregnant women will age and the fetus will suffer from lack of oxygen and suffocation, which will cause great harm to the child. You should go to the hospital in time to take measures.