Is the baby also pushing during labor? What is the baby doing during labor?

What is the baby doing in the delivery room when the mother is trying hard to come out? Is the baby also trying hard to come out, or is the baby just staying inside and waiting to meet the mother?

During a normal birth, the baby will naturally go down, which is a normal phenomenon. However, during the birthing process, the mother should use force, and use it in the right place, aiming at the right position, to reduce physical exertion. In addition, the mother should also follow the doctor's instructions. If the doctor has corresponding orders, the parents should follow the arrangements. In fact, babies born naturally are generally better than those born artificially, and there are quite a few good benefits, such as:

1. Reduce the symptoms of pneumonia or suffocation. Normally, when the baby is born, the mucus and amniotic fluid of the respiratory system are squeezed out, reducing various respiratory diseases. However, if it is an artificial delivery, these steps may be missing.

2. Have stronger immunity. During natural childbirth, the mother's immunoglobulin will be passed on to the baby, and at birth, the baby will often have stronger resistance to various bacteria and surrounding pollution. The baby's future physical development will actually be healthier, reducing various adverse symptoms and diseases, allowing the baby to develop more healthily

In fact, while you are desperately waiting for his arrival, he is not idle either. When he receives the signal from his mother, he has already begun to prepare for birth. Generally, he will use his head to measure the size of the pelvis first, knowing that it cannot pass through, and then start the first turn. When the head reaches the bottom of the pelvis, it slowly completes the second turn. Because there is a pubic bone at the outlet of the pelvis, he will tighten his jaw at this time, squeeze the head out of the pubic bone, slowly raise the head, and then send the head out of the pelvis. This is the third turn. In order to squeeze out faster, he will rotate his body 90 degrees at this time, so that he will face sideways, which is the fourth turn. At this time, one shoulder will be squeezed out first, and then the other shoulder will be delivered, and then he will be born smoothly.

When a mother is giving birth, the fetus has to squeeze through the curved and narrow birth canal under the contraction pressure (abdominal pressure) of the mother's abdomen. It is not an easy task to imagine. Some scientists have measured the pressure on the fetus during childbirth through pressure sensors during the period from labor pain to childbirth. The results show that the pressure on the mother during childbirth is less than 70g/cm2 on average. This pressure is equivalent to the pressure exerted on the bed by an adult lying flat on the bed. During childbirth, when the uterus contracts and exerts the maximum pressure (the pressure exerted on the back of the fetus's head when the uterine cervix opens), the pressure can reach 140g/cm2. It can be seen that when the mother gives birth, although the fetus is not as painful as the mother, it is also a very difficult process.

When the baby reaches the third trimester, the most obvious feeling is that the large-scale fetal movement is decreasing. At the same time, you can also feel the fetus's irregular splitting under the pregnant woman, sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right. If the pregnant woman's abdominal wall is not too thin, you can also feel the little hands or feet during the fetal movement, but you can't feel it when the fetus is sleeping, so there will be fetal movement during the labor period.

However, the strength and frequency of fetal movement vary greatly from one pregnant woman to another. Some women may experience more than 100 movements in 12 hours, but others may experience only 35 to 40 movements. As long as the fetal movement is regular and rhythmic, it means that the fetus is developing normally, so there is no need to worry too much.