Does painless childbirth have any effect on the fetus? Does painless childbirth have any side effects?

In order to reduce the pain during childbirth, many pregnant women want to choose painless delivery, but they are afraid that it will harm the baby in the belly. Will painless delivery have any impact on the baby in the belly? Are there any side effects of painless delivery?

Painless childbirth mainly involves epidural anesthesia, which is a local anesthesia. The drugs used have no effect on the fetus, and the mother can move freely after taking the drugs. Because the dosage of drugs used in painless childbirth is extremely low, only 1/20-1/10 of that of caesarean section. Therefore, the chance of entering the mother's blood and passing through the placenta is very small, and it will not affect the fetus. Painless childbirth can also reduce the risk of fetal hypoxia.

In clinical practice, common side effects of painless delivery include prolonged labor, uterine contractions caused by weakened analgesics, and pain at the lumbar puncture site, which usually lasts for one to two weeks. Painless delivery refers to the use of labor analgesia technology to relieve labor pain. The commonly used labor analgesia method in my country is lumbar puncture, which injects a small dose of analgesics into the subarachnoid space to suppress the feeling of pain. After painless delivery, the mother should first pay attention to whether there is numbness and weakness in both lower limbs, and try to rest in bed to avoid falling. It is necessary to observe whether there is dizziness, nausea, vomiting, etc. If there is any discomfort, it must be dealt with in time. After painless delivery, there is usually a hose on the back to continuously administer drugs for analgesia, so you must be careful when moving and try to avoid pulling the catheter.

Painless childbirth is different from natural childbirth. As we all know, natural childbirth is to deliver the baby through the birth canal, while painless childbirth is to take out the fetus through a cesarean section in the abdomen. These are two different concepts. The labor process refers to the whole process of a mother giving birth to a baby. Whether the delivery can be completed smoothly depends on the three basic elements of labor force, birth canal, and fetus. For a cesarean section, the mother is given an anesthetic injection. The pregnant woman does not feel anything and does not need to push. Therefore, painless childbirth will not only not prolong the labor process, but will shorten it.

Generally speaking, painless childbirth will not affect uterine contractions. Although the stomach pain is gone after the labor analgesia, uterine contractions still exist. Uterine contractions are a functional response of the body. Painless childbirth cuts off the pain of childbirth through anesthetic drugs, but the uterus will still produce contractions autonomously. This behavior is called a functional response and is a functional behavior of the muscles, so there is no need to worry about affecting uterine contractions.